#83 • Whalebone & Baleen Alaska Native Figurine - Aningayou Family

Part of December 2024 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $110.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A whalebone sculpture of an Alaska Native with baleen spear and length of sinew rope; base is a fossilized whale epiphyseal (vertebral) disk. Signed on the underside by a member of the Yup'ik Aningayou family of carvers. Measures approximately 6.5" x 6.5" x 8" tall.