#51 • Yup'ik Puffin Spirit Wheel - Harry Shavings

Part of June 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $650.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A wooden spirit mask with a central polychrome painted puffin with fox face, the body surrounded by a bentwood ring affixed via a quartet of wooden rods. A small puffin face accents the top of the wheel, and a half dozen bright feathers are arranged around the perimeter. Unsigned, but most certainly the work of Yup'ik artist Harry Shavings (1909-1989). Measures approximately 25" x 5" x 26" tall.