A collection of 15 tupilaks of sperm whale tooth, Greenland, first half of the 20th century (15)

Automatic translation from Danish.

A collection of 15 tupilak carved from sperm whale tooth. Consisting of (in order as in the close-ups):
Tupilak with mask: H. 13.5. Weight approx. 168 g. Natural cracks.
Tupilak with mask: H. 14 cm. Weight approx. 196 g.
Tupilak with mask: H. 13.5 cm. Weight approx. 144 g.
Tupilak with black eyes: H. 12.5 cm. Weight approx. 184 g.
Tupilak with saw: H. 12.5 cm. Weight approx. 148 g. Cracks, saw broken, broken part included.
Fangs with harpoon: H. 13 cm. Weight approx. 198 g.
Standing polar bear: H. 13.5 cm. Weight approx. 278 g. With cracks.
Walrus with attached tusks, black nails and eye: H. 12.5 cm. Weight approx. 290 g. Missing one eye.
Walrus with mask on back, attached tusks, black nails and eyes: H. 12 cm. Weight approx. 270 g.
Small tupilak with mask: H. 8 cm. Weight approx. 34 g.
Bird: H. 10.5 cm. Weight approx. 132 g.
Bird with skull: H. 10.5 cm. Weight approx. 62 g.
Small captive with harpoon: H. 7.5 cm. Weight approx. 66 g.
Crawling tupilak during transformation: L. 13.5 cm. Weight approx. 100 g.
Walking polar bear: L. 13 cm. Weight approx. 200 g. Several natural cracks.
Provenance: All were acquired by the applicant in 1968 from a woman whose father was in Greenland for many years.
A CITES certificate from the Danish Agency for Green Land Redevelopment and Aquatic Environment for trade within the EU is included. The permit is valid for one sale. For trade outside the EU, an export/import permit must be applied for. (15)