#40 • Yup'ik Walrus Female & Male Dolls - Beulah Oittillian

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

High bid $350.00

Status: Sold

Category: Dolls

A male and female set of Yup'ik dolls crafted with walrus tusk faces and hands, attired in a seal fur parkas with hide mukluks. The woman has caribou fur braids adorned with red, white, and purple beads, and holds beaded pieces within each hand. The man holds a baleen harpoon with tusk point, a tusk knife affixed to his waist. Each doll is mounted upon a section of fossilized whale bone and signed by Beulah Oittillian of Gambell, Alaska. Largest measures approximately 8" x 3.25" x 9.5" tall.