#74 • Large Eskimo Drummer Carved Whalebone Figure

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

High bid $225.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A sizable Iñupiaq mineralized whalebone carving with contrasting accents and face, the face inlaid with walrus tusk and baleen eyes, the figure holding sticks, likely at one point one of which would have had a drum head. Measures approximately 9" x 5" x 10" tall.