Alaskan Native Buttons, Netting Deedles, and Sailor Art

ca 1900

lot of 36, includes:

13 round buttons, six seal buttons, and six rectangular buttons with dot and circle motifs

circle button diameter 3/4 inches inches; length of seal button 2 inches

This lot is located in Chicago.

Provenance
From the collection of Father Edward F. Sippel of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, inherited from his mother, Della (Beau) Sippel, daughter of John Louis BeauBeau’s wife died in 1895 shortly after the birth of their son, Johnny. The children, Della and the infant Johnny, were subsequently raised by relatives in Calvary, Wisconsin. During this period, Beau spent approximately thirteen years in Nome, Alaska, where he operated the Beau Mercantile during the gold rush era.In 1933, Della reclaimed her father’s remaining personal effects from his bankrupt estate, preserving a small group of artifacts and photographs related to his ventures in Alaska.