#47 • Walrus Ivory Carved Birds - Lane Iyakitan & Archie H. Slwooko

Part of September 2024 Discovery Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $70.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A pair of finely crafted birds from walrus ivory featured by the late Yup'ik carver from St. Lawrence Island, Lane Iyakitan (1929-2000), and the second initialed A.H.S for Yup'ik artist Archie Henry Slwooko of Gambell,  Alaska. Larger measures approximately 3.25" x 1" x 2.5" tall.