#77 • Iñupiaq Walrus Mask - Pullock Family

Part of March 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $325.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

An adorable section of fossilized whale bone, crafted to resemble the face of a walrus, with a pair of inset baleen eyes and a pair of tusks crafted from walrus tusk. The face is further accented with roughly twenty-four walrus vibrissae, serving the same purpose upon this sculpture. Signed c.2002 in Nome by a member of the Iñupiaq Pullock family of carvers originating from King Island, Alaska. Measures approximately 6" x 7.5" tall.