#47 • Fossilized Ivory Totemic Carving - Charles Slwooko

Part of November 2025 Ethnographic Art Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $50.00

Status: Sold

Category: Figural Carvings

A fossilized walrus tusk carving depicting a vertical totemic composition of stylized animal forms including a man, polar bear, seal, and whale. Marked on the underside with initials "C.S." for Yup'ik artist Charles Slwooko (1900-1975), originally from Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska; missing a tusk as photographed. Measures approximately 1.5" x 1" x 4" tall.