#65 • Soapstone & Cottonwood Hunter's Mask Sculpture - Bowhan Kealiher 

Part of November 2024 Curiosities Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $140.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

Exquisitely detailed spirit hunter's mask-sculpture crafted in 2014 from wood, soapstone, and feathers by Alaska Native carver Bowhan Kealiher (Nome, AK). Most notably, the central figure is crowned with a cottonwood walrus with sharpened tusks extending past the hunter's eyes and nose; the mask embellished with long and short-shafted feathers, with further implied movement by the angle of the mask itself positioned on a soapstone wedge. Measures approximately 8.5" x 6" x 6.5" tall.