#19 • Fossilized Whalebone & Whale Vertebra Carving

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

High bid $130.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A fossilized whalebone sculpture depicting a face with ruff, hand, polar bear head, hunter, and polar bear, all carved from a vertebra. The fishing spear is further mounted within a whalebone spinal disk. Initialed en verso, a few cracks are evident as shown. Entire piece measures approximately 5.25" x 5.25" x 9.5" tall.