#8 • Walrus Oosik w/ Ivory Polar Bear & Walrus Figural Heads

Part of 2024 AKPM Donated Valuables Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $275.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic & Tribal Art & Crafts

A fossilized walrus oosik, or penile bone, one end capped with a slice of baleen and a walrus ivory polar bear head, the other end with a walrus head; both feature baleen eyes and scrimshaw details. The bone rests upon a wooden base marked for "Oosik" on one side and a walrus carved in relief on the other. Oosik measures approximately 18.75" x 1.5" x 2" tall.