#97 • Walrus Tusk Dog Sled Team Diorama - Felix Wongittilin

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

High bid $1,000.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A detailed walrus tusk scrimshaw carving depicting a traditional Alaska Native dog sled team in motion, featuring a fur-clad musher and seven fossilized walrus tusk dogs. The musher and dogs are mounted upon a carved walrus tusk with pegs of the same material that serve as a stand. Signed on a side by Inupiaq artist Felix Wongittilin, of Savoonga, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Measures approximately 24.25" x 3" x 6" tall.