#91 • Walrus Ivory & Baleen Seal Hunter Diorama - Stanley Seeganna

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

High bid $300.00

Status: Sold

Category: Dioramas

An exceptional carved walrus tusk diorama depicting an Alaska Native hunter in a traditional kayak, poised with scrimshaw ivory harpoon in hand as he approaches his quarry - a seal resting on an ice floe. The kayak has a fossilized seal resting on the bow, and a seal float bag resting on the stern; the hunter grasps a paddle in his left hand. Signed on the edge of the kayak by Iñupiaq carver Stanley Seeganna, originally from King Island, Alaska. The scene rests upon a long polished piece of baleen, and the diorama measures approximately 9.5" x 1.5" x 1.75" tall.