#29 • Walrus Tusk & Fossilized Bone Diorama w/ Tusk Hand & Harpoon Tip - Davis Uglowook & Soonagrook

Part of Collection of Arthur Gross Day 2 (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Dioramas

A diorama featuring a carved walrus tusk seal, adjacent to a breaching bowhead whale, both bounded by a further pair of tusk whales. All are mounted upon a thick rectangular fossilized bone slab signed on the underside for "D.U.", likely for Davis Uglowook (b.1968) of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Also includes a carved tusk hand gripping a fossilized harpoon tip, mounted upon a richly mineralized piece of walrus tusk and signed on the underside for a member of the Yup'ik Soonagrook family of carvers from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. The diorama measures approximately 2.5" x 4" x 2.5" tall.