#25 • Walrus Tusk Sliding Polar Bear - Alvin Aningayou

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

High bid $650.00

Status: Sold

Category: Figural Carvings

A walrus tusk carved and incised polar bear with inset baleen eyes, posed in a position to be sliding down an icy glacier into the Arctic water. Signed on the underside by Yup'ik artist Alvin Aningayou (b.1969) of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, and marked  #12. Measures approximately 5" x 1.5" x 2.25" tall.