Eskimo Inuit Artifact Whale Harpoon Spearhead 2
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:15135522 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Canada |
| Provenance: Ownership History Available | Artisan: Ancient Hunter |
| Tribal Affiliation: Inuit |
Inuit toggle harpoon. 3 inches long. Period unknown, presumably ancient.
From the collection of my Grandfather, Marcel Gibrat.
Marcel Gibrat, my grandfather, was a Restorer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan and later owned a Madison Avenue Restoration Studio and Art Gallery one block from the Guggenheim Museum. Marcel was undoubtedly a genius and was, as far as I know, the only Restorer for the Met withou...t a PhD. In fact he had a sixth grade education. He was also a talented painter.
I'm Max Lewin the curator of what remains of Marcel's extensive art collection, comprising ancient, tribal, Asian and European art.
Following his tenure as a Restorer, Marcel decided to open a studio and Gallery on Madison Avenue at 88th Street a block from Manhattan's famed "Museum Mile" and moved the family into an apartment on 91st and Madison, next to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, where my Grandmother lived until her death at age 94 in 2012. She followed him into the business a few years later and opened "La Mansarde" two doors down from his Studio and Gallery. She specialized in European and American ceramics and jewelry.
Marcel began purchasing antiquities, tribal art, Asian art and European art beginning in the early to mid 1960s and many of the pieces in the collection were purchased at this time. He collected, restored, bought and sold high quality items for the better part of three decades, before falling ill and being unable to work in 1992. Marcel was an unquestioned expert in antiquities and all items in the collection from the ancient world are guaranteed to be authentic. Marcel also had a particular affinity for African tribal art, and while dating such items is problematic, he absolutely had impeccable taste. He started buying these items nearly sixty years ago when some of them were no doubt already quite old. He believed some to be from the 19th, 18th or even 17th century, and some of the items deemed important have in fact been sold for high ticket values at auction. Some of his opinions on provenance of tribal items have been challenged. There are also Asian items of various quality, and many fine and genuine items from primitive cultures including relatively contemporary ( a few hundred years old) and both neolithic and upper paleolithic items. Many of the items have archaeological markings.
From the collection of my Grandfather, Marcel Gibrat.
Marcel Gibrat, my grandfather, was a Restorer for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan and later owned a Madison Avenue Restoration Studio and Art Gallery one block from the Guggenheim Museum. Marcel was undoubtedly a genius and was, as far as I know, the only Restorer for the Met withou...t a PhD. In fact he had a sixth grade education. He was also a talented painter.
I'm Max Lewin the curator of what remains of Marcel's extensive art collection, comprising ancient, tribal, Asian and European art.
Following his tenure as a Restorer, Marcel decided to open a studio and Gallery on Madison Avenue at 88th Street a block from Manhattan's famed "Museum Mile" and moved the family into an apartment on 91st and Madison, next to the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, where my Grandmother lived until her death at age 94 in 2012. She followed him into the business a few years later and opened "La Mansarde" two doors down from his Studio and Gallery. She specialized in European and American ceramics and jewelry.
Marcel began purchasing antiquities, tribal art, Asian art and European art beginning in the early to mid 1960s and many of the pieces in the collection were purchased at this time. He collected, restored, bought and sold high quality items for the better part of three decades, before falling ill and being unable to work in 1992. Marcel was an unquestioned expert in antiquities and all items in the collection from the ancient world are guaranteed to be authentic. Marcel also had a particular affinity for African tribal art, and while dating such items is problematic, he absolutely had impeccable taste. He started buying these items nearly sixty years ago when some of them were no doubt already quite old. He believed some to be from the 19th, 18th or even 17th century, and some of the items deemed important have in fact been sold for high ticket values at auction. Some of his opinions on provenance of tribal items have been challenged. There are also Asian items of various quality, and many fine and genuine items from primitive cultures including relatively contemporary ( a few hundred years old) and both neolithic and upper paleolithic items. Many of the items have archaeological markings.
