#7 • Iñupiaq Hunter's Camp Diorama - Dwight Milligrock, Sr.
Part of June 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)
High bid $325.00
Status: Sold
Category: Ethnographic Objects
A detailed diorama depicting a hunter's encampment by the late Iñupiaq artist Dwight Milligrock Sr. (1911-1994). The scene, constructed from walrus tusk, fossilized walrus tusk, and whalebone, features a hunter with spear, umiak (traditional hunting boat), cache, dog, and skin stretcher, all affixed to a fossilized whale vertebrae disc. A faded signature is present to the stretched hide, measures approximately 6.5" x 6" x 4" tall.