An Okvik Eskimo ivory figure purchased in Alaska in the 1960s from the local hunter who found it in the St. Lawrence Island area highlights Bonhams’ Native American Art sale on June 1 in San Francisco. The 6 and 1/4 inch figure is estimated at $40,000-60,000. Eskimo highlights also include a mask of the sort used by the Unaligmiut during the second half of the 19th century (est. $15,000-25,000). It comes from an important tribal art collection along with additional masks, pipes and ancient and contemporary Inuit art alike. Northwest Coast material includes several 19th century masks, one of the best of which is a Tsimshian portrait mask (est. $15,000-25,000). Another mask depicts a zoomporphic being and was collected in the early 20th century (est. $20,000-30,000). There is also a Tlingit dagger on offer from the Estate of John M. Kauffmann, a conservationist of Yarmouth, Maine (est. $15,000-

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