#21 • Nunivak Yup'ik Walrus Tusk Spirit Wheel - Shavings Family

Part of June 2023 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $400.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A Nunivak Island Yup'ik spirit wheel by a member of the prominent Shavings family circa the fourth quarter of the 20th century. The prominent seal at center is accented by eight carved tusk appendages, all affixed via pigmented wood dowels to a baleen ring. Measures approximately 9" in diameter, signed en verso.