#22 • Walrus Ivory, Scrimshaw & Feather Inuit Spirt Wheel

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

High bid $140.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A reinterpreted transformational spirit wheel with flat-bottomed flounder base crafted from walrus ivory with carefully drawn scrimshaw dots and lines. The moon-shaped Shaman, carved in the center of the fish, looks upward to a single ring of bound antler held aloft by ivory posts, and pierced through with a halo of colored feathers. Measures approximately 11" x 2" tall.