#59 • Soapstone & Cottonwood Spirit Mask - Bowhan Kealiher

Part of February 2025 Curiosities Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $80.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A spirit hunter's mask with carved soapstone face, topped with a carved and drilled cottonwood walrus fitted with fossilized walrus tusks. Mask is accented with six long and thirteen smaller feathers, with an additional pair of feathers hanging from the stem at the bottom. Signed and dated c.2007 by contemporary Alaska Native artist Bowhan Kealiher. Soapstone face is cracked from top to bottom, through the eye as shown. Measures approximately 9" x 10" tall.