#1 • Whale Bone Walrus Sculpture - HB Slwooko

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

High bid $300.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

Hefty and impressive group of walrus figures sculpted from a sizeable whale bone segment; each walrus joined with the other and inset with baleen eyes; two with applied walrus ivory tusks. Sculpture is signed by Siberian Yup'ik cartist H.B. Slwooko (20th Century). Measures approximately 13" x 11.5" x 8" tall.