#44 • Whalebone & Baleen Heron Carving - William Soonagrook, Sr.

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

High bid $525.00

Status: Sold

Category: Figural Carvings

A fossilized whalebone carved great blue heron with baleen beak and legs, mounted upon a slice of fossilized bone. Signed on the underside by Central Siberian Yup'ik carver William Soonagrook, Sr. (b.1934) of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; the artist has works held within the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Measures approximately 3.75" x 2.5" x 4.5" tall.