#94 • Fossilized Walrus Skull w/ Tusks

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

High bid $1,100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Taxidermy

A richly fossilized walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull, with eight upper molar teeth and a pair of tusks; one tusk has a small inked blemish as photographed. Alaska Native peoples, including the Yup'ik and Inupiat, have hunted walruses for centuries as a vital source of food, tools, and materials. Every part of the animal - meat, blubber, skin, bone, and tusk - was traditionally used with care and respect to support coastal subsistence. The skull, mounted upon a 12.5" x 18" plaque, measures approximately 8" x 5" x 23" in total (tusks alone are 15.5" in length, measured as protruding from the skull.) Acquired circa the 1950's, tusks likely cleaned or not original to skull.