#95 • Walrus Ivory Ultra-Miniature Figurines

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

High bid $100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A collection of three ultra-miniature walrus figurines carved from walrus ivory, set on a white ivory base, and each figure in descending tones of saturated fossilized brown-taupe, to a mottled black, taupe, and white, and lastly, to the creamy white figurine. Each walrus has minute-scrimshaw details, fitted with vibrissae tusks, and signed on the base by Alaska artist Martin (surname slightly illegible). Measures approximately 1.5" x 1.25" x 1" tall.