#94 • Judy Pelowook Original Ink Hunting Drawing on Stretched Hide

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

High bid $1,100.00

Status: Sold

Category: Art

A signed ink drawing on seal hide depicting a heart-pounding Alaska Native polar bear hunting scene, surrounded by a montage of Arctic figurals, drawn on sealskin by the Siberian Yup'ik artist Judy Pelowook (20th Century), of Savoonga, Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska. This important Alaska Native artist specialized in pen and ink, as well as scrimshaw work, and has pieces in the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. The work measures approximately 30" x 37".