#20 • 20" Ivory & Baleen Embellished Oosik

Part of August 2024 Treasure Trove Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $300.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A polished baculum, or penile bone, banded on both sides with baleen strips and capped with a smooth walrus ivory knob on one end, and a figural polar bear face on the other. One of the eyes was drilled, and is possibly missing a pupil. Measures approximately 1.5" x 20" length.