#71 • Walrus Tusk & Baleen Spirit Wheel - D.T. Smith

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

High bid $900.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A beautiful and richly detailed ivory and baleen spirit wheel with black and red scrimshaw details, signed en verso for D.T. Smith, Sr., circa 1982. Piece features an oval bentwood frame highlighting a central pair of seals standing back to back with an applied walrus visage facing forward. Extending out from the frame are six appendages depicting the head, wings, feet, and tail of a Canadian goose or loon. Prepared for hanging and measures approximately 15.5" x 3" x 15" tall.