#9 • Walrus Oosik w/ Ivory & Baleen Figural Carvings on Whalebone Base - Harry D. Ningeulook

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

High bid $500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A fossilized walrus oosik, or penile bone, accented at both ends with a band of baleen, and further accented with walrus ivory and scrimshaw polar bear and walrus heads on opposing ends. The oosik is mounted via a pair of baleen rods upon a fossilized whalebone disk as shown. Signed by Iñupiaq artist Harry D. Ningeulook (b.1957) of Shishmaref, Alaska. Measures approximately 21" x 3.75" x 5" tall.