#4 • Yup'ik Walrus Ivory, Baleen, Fur & Hide Hunter Doll - Beulah Oittillian

Part of May 2025 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $120.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A handcrafted doll with carved walrus ivory face and hands, accented with inset baleen eyes and attired in assorted fur apparel. The hunter sits within his skin kayak, baleen and ivory harpoon held aloft, his baleen paddle to his front and his ivory seal skin float to his rear. Signed on the underside by Yup'ik doll maker Beulah Oittillian of Gambell, Alaska. Measures approximately 10" x 4" x 7" tall.