#1 • XL Nunivak Spirit Wheel - Lola Ferguson

Part of Athena Estate Auction Part 3 (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A very large and well-detailed spirit mask featuring a central painted transformational face between a pair of walrus figures, all carved from wood and suspended between four wooden rods upon a double circle of the same material. The wheel is further accented with eighteen carved and polychrome painted wood appendages, including mittens, mukluks, salmon, fins, wings, and more. Signed en verso by Cup'ik artist Lola Ferguson (b.1963) of Mekoryuk, Alaska. Measures approximately 33" x 7.5" x 32.5" tall.