#84 • 27.25" Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk - Kuyooshuk

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

High bid $550.00

Status: Sold

Category: Scrimshaw

A fossilized walrus tusk with detailed scrimshaw vignettes depicting a umiak with eight whale hunters, a flock of fourteen flying loons, a pod of five orca whales, a huddle of six Pacific walruses, and a pair of mighty polar bears. Marked lower left for Bering Sea, St. Lawrence Island, Gambell, Alaska, and signed "Kuyooshuk" lower right. Wide end of tusk exposes the secondary layer of dentine, back side has bark loss and evidence of two mounting holes as photographed. Tusk measures approximately 2.5" x 1.5" x 27.25" long.