#81 • Pacific Walrus Tusk w/ Alaska Scenery Scrimshaw - Rosalie Bunyan & M. Echok

Part of June 2025 Premier Auction (live auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $1,800.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

The front portion of a Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull, with a complete set of eight upper molar teeth present, plus a pair of tusks, each featuring scrimshaw Alaska imagery including two polar bears (one with twin cubs), two Pacific walruses on ice floes, a breaching orca whale, a spotted seal on an ice floe, and two Alaska Native figures attired in parkas with fur ruffs and spotted seal mukluks. Signed on the outer sides of each tusk as "Rosalie B.", likely for Alaska Native artist Rosalie Bunyan (b.1956), and on the inners sides by M. Echok. Skull measures approximately 9" x 6.5" with each tusk at 20" in length; overall height of 27" tall.