#3 • Iñupiaq Tusk & Seal Skin Diorama on Fossilized Tusk Base - David Slwooko

Part of Collection of Arthur Gross Day 1 (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Dioramas

An Iñupiaq diorama depicting an Alaska Native woman, carved from new walrus tusk, and wearing a fur collar, working on a seal hide tied with sinew upon baleen stretcher bars. All is mounted upon a section of fossilized walrus tusk with a longitudinal crack where one of the baleen posts is set within; several drilled holes on the front edge serve no current purpose. Signed on the underside for David S. as photographed, likely for David Slwooko (1971-2012). It measures approximately 3" x 2" x 2.5" tall.