#36 • Walrus Ivory & Baleen Cormorant - Warren Koozaata
Part of November 2025 Ethnographic Art Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)
High bid $110.00
Status: Sold
Category: Figural Carvings
A graceful walrus tusk carving of an Alaska cormorant, poised upright with a gently curved neck and downward-turned beak. The surface is finely polished, with small baleen inlays forming the eyes. The figure is standing upon an integrated rounded base carved from the same section of tusk. Signed on the underside by Yup'ik artist Warren Koozaata (20th Century) of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Measures approximately 2" x 1.25" x 4" tall.