#5 • Walrus Skull w/ Scrimshaw Arctic Scenes

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

High bid $1,900.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

The front portion of a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull, complete with eight upper molar teeth and a pair of tusks, each featuring scrimshaw depicting vignettes of baleen whales and Pacific walruses, one also with a hunter. Initialed J.K. Jr. by the Savoonga artist upon one of the tusks where it connects with the skull. Mounted on a rectangular wooden plaque and measures approximately 11" x 8.5" x 34" tall