#89 • Walrus Skull w/ Scrimshaw Wildlife Tusks - Wilfred Miklahook

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

High bid $1,300.00

Status: Sold

Category: Scrimshaw

The front portion of a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull, with six upper molar teeth and a pair of removable tusks, each with scrimshaw Alaska wildlife; one tusk features a polychrome walrus, seal, whale, and polar bear, the other four examples of salmon and other fish. Signed upon the inside of one tusk by Wilfred Miklahook of Savoonga, Alaska; tusks show numerous longitudinal cracks as photographed. Skull, with tusks, measures approximately 7" x 5" x 25.5" tall.