#55 • Walrus Oosik w/ Baleen & Ivory, on Fossilized Vertebra Base - Davis Uglowook

Part of April 2025 Hidden Gems Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $275.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A fossilized walrus oosik, or penile bone, with an applied baleen ring at one end. The baleen is further capped with a piece of walrus ivory, carved into a walrus face, with applied ivory tusks, as shown. Bone rests on a fossilized walrus vertebrae initialed D.U. for Davis Uglowook (b.1968) of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Measures approximately 18.75" x 3" x 3" tall.