#40 • Seal Hide w/Vignette Drawings of Alaska Native Life

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

High bid $4,600.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A large example of a seal hide with hand-drawn Alaska Native imagery including a musher and sled dog team, spotted seals resting on the ice while a third seal swims in Arctic waters, a pair of roaming caribou, a pair of walruses resting on an ice floe, to playful polar bears, a courting couple, examples of apparel, a woman teaching sewing skills to her daughter, and a lone man. It also shows, in two vignettes, an umiak filled with seal hunters in pursuit of a whale, and the subsequent success of their harvest as the villagers begin to carve away the flesh from their prized catch. The hide is stretched and mounted within a shadow box, and marked lower right for "A Nakaaq Swan" as shown; frame has some paint loss as shown. Prepared for hanging en verso, it measures approximately 63" x 3" x 49.5" tall. Note Regarding Shipping Services: This item is exceptionally large and/or heavy, and may require custom boxing or crating depending on the intended destination and available carrier services. International shipping is likely unavailable. For more information prior to bidding, please email us at Shipping@AlaskaPremierAuctions.com or call/text us at 907.570.7050.