#37 • Yup'ik Seal Hunter Doll - Beulah Oittillian

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

High bid $400.00

Status: Sold

Category: Dolls

A Yup'ik seal hunter doll crafted with walrus tusk face and hands, attired in a seal gut and fur trimmed parka with spotted seal fur pants and mukluks. The doll possess a tusk knife within a fur sheath, and holds a baleen harpoon topped with a toggle point crafted from both new and fossilized tusk; a tusk ice tester is affixed to the lower end of the harpoon. Doll is mounted upon a section of fossilized whale bone and signed by Beulah Oittillian of Gambell, Alaska. Measures approximately 4.5" x 4" x 11.5" tall.