40223

Precontact Chumash Soapstone Bead

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Precontact Chumash Soapstone Bead
SOLD
100.00USD+ buyer's premium (20.00)
This item SOLD at 2021 Mar 16 @ 07:31UTC-7 : PDT/MST

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Title: Precontact Chumash Soapstone Bead
Description: In the precontact period, the Chumash Tribe of the Channel Islands of California exploited steatite (soapstone) deposits, which occurred naturally on Santa Catalina Island in the southern Channel Islands. They carved utensils, pipes, etc. for trade from this deposit—and also beads. This lot has a single mounted precontact bead of black soapstone. See Lois Sherr Dubin, North American Indian Jewelry and Adornment (New York, 1999), p. 433, and NNP edition, https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/book/541824, p. 105 (this piece illustrated, lower right).
Low Estimate: 200
High Estimate: 400
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