#80 • Placer Gold Nugget, Walrus & Mammoth Tusk Romantic Scrimshaw Story Bracelet - Albert Olanna

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

High bid $550.00

Status: Sold

Category: Jewelry

A panel story bracelet featuring alternating tiles of contemporary walrus and fossilized mammoth tusk. The new tusk scrimshaw tiles depict the story of an Alaska native man and woman walking separately toward each other, meeting, and walking back to their igloo while the sun peeks over the horizon. The fossilized tiles are each adorned with Alaska placer gold nuggets, applied in relief. Signed on the inside by Iñupiaq artist Albert Olanna of Shishmaref, Alaska. Measures approximately 6.5" in circumference.