#63 • Scrimshaw Walrus Tusk Portrait - Alvin Aningayou

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

High bid $325.00

Status: Sold

Category: Scrimshaw

A striking section of walrus tusk intricately scrimshawed to depict a finely detailed portrait of an elder in a fur-edged parka, paired with a smaller figure using a scope to search for whales in the distance. The reverse bears a horizontal panel showing a traditional whale hunting scene rendered in delicate linework. Signed lower right by Yup'ik artist Alvin Aningayou (b.1969), of Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Measures approximately 2.5" x 1.25" x 4.25" tall.