#2 • Inuit Whalebone & Baleen Figure
Part of November 2024 Curiosities Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)
High bid $550.00
Status: Sold
Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts
Slightly over one-foot tall standing Inuit figure carved from whalebone, with applied ivory eyes and the body and garment detailed with symmetrical dots of baleen. Figure is initialed, as shown, and measures approximately 4" x 2" x 12.5" tall.