#3 • Walrus Ivory & Sealskin "Blanket Toss" Tableau - Dwight Milligrock Sr.

Part of October 2024 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $275.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A traditional Inuit blanket toss (nalukataq) tableau with five figures carved from walrus ivory; four pullers standing on a sealskin platform holding the (ivory) "skin" taut, the jumper on an ivory slice signed on the underside by the late Iñupiaq carver, Dwight Milligrock, Sr. (1911-1994). Measures approximately 4.25" x 4.25" x 4.25" tall.