Koller - Out of This World Tuesday, 28 June 2022, 4pm

1867 GIBEON IRONMETEORITE 9.6 x 8 x 6 cm 1‘296 gm Chemical composition: 91.8 % iron; 7.7 % nickel; 0.5 % cobalt; 0.04 % phosphorus; 1.97 ppm gallium; 0.111 ppm germanium; 2.4 ppm iridium. Provenance: Swiss private collection The Gibeon meteorite belongs to the group of iron meteorites. Its fragments were first found in 1836 in South West Africa, near the town of Gibeon in Namibia, on the east bank of the Gregt Fish River. The Gibeon meteorite was first described by Captain James Edward Alexander. This massive meteorite is thought to have collided with Earth over a million years ago, in prehistoric times. Its age itself is estimated at an incredible 4.6 billion years - making it a contemporary witness to the formation of our solar system! See also lot 1802. CHF 4 000 / 6 000 (€ 3 880 / 5 830) 1868* ♣ OOSIK PENIS BONE CLUB Odobenus rosmarus Penisbone of a walrus known as “oosik” (or “oosuk”) in native Alaskan languages. Bering Sea / Arctic, Alaska Handpolished in the 19th century Age of bone: 20‘000 – 40‘000 years 53.2 x 7 x 6 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection Hand polished by Alaska Native peoples, it is difficult to deter- mine the age of these fossil bones. Inuit hunters have found millennias-old oosiks frozen in ice and turned the fossilized bones into utensils. Ososik were occasionally used as clubs for hunting fish and seal, and for the manufacture of handles and harpoon assemblies. CHF 1 500 / 1 500 (€ 1 460 / 1 460) | 72 Out of This World | Natural History, Space Exploration & Entertainment Memorabilia