Lot n° 257
Estimation :
150 - 200
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 195EUR
Knife with scabbard and handle in caribou antler with leathe - Lot 257
Knife with scabbard and handle in caribou antler with leather mounting and attachment. The handle and scabbard are decorated with typical engravings.
Lappland souvenir" inscription in Sami.
Blade signed by K.W. Erikson in Mora
Knife: 30 x 6.5 cm.
Scabbard: 25.5 x 11 cm.
Overall: 34.5 x 12.5 cm.
20th century
Provenance :
Berndt HELLEBERG Collection (1920-2008)
Transmitted by descent
Collection Art et Artisanat SAMI-DOUDJI (Lapland) assembled by the artist Berndt Helleberg (1920-2008). The young Berndt Helleberg, just over twenty years old, took up his post as a drawing teacher in Kiruna (Girona), the capital of the Sami country in northern Sweden, in the early 1940s. It was during this first year that he took an interest in the Sami people and began buying their artifacts.
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