Eskimo Seal-shaped Wooden Float

Eskimo Seal-shaped Wooden Float, Alaska, 19th century, the seal with glass bead eyes, and implanted with two rings, one with two seals inside ring, ht. 4 1/4, wd. 6 in. Provenance: Dr. John Beach Driggs Collection. Driggs was an Episcopal missionary physician and educator who served in Point Hope, Alaska, between 1890 and 1910. By family descent. Estimate $800-1,200 Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.