#66 • Walrus Tusk Scrimshaw Polar Bear Cub - Alvin Aningayou

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

High bid $225.00

Status: Sold

Category: Scrimshaw

The tip of a walrus tusk with scrimshaw image of a polar bear cub silhouetted against a full moon. Signed lower right by Yup'ik artist Alvin Aningayou (b.1969), of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; wide end of tusk shows the exposed secondary layer of dentine. Tusk measures approximately 2" x 1" x 6.25" long.