$8,888
Rare Carved and Painted Wood One-string Lute, Alaska, Kuskokwim area, c. last quarter 19th century, the one-string musical instrument painted on the top with stylized animal imagery in red and black, carved in two pieces, and with wood pegs and metal clamps, lg. 18 1/2 in. Provenance: Collected by William Schmall in Alaska in the 1890s.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2011-01-15