#60 • Three Greenlandic Inuit Tupliaks - Jolian Elio & Lund K.

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

High bid $1,200.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

Three intricately carved c.1973 whale tooth tupilak figures, each with inset baleen eyes. Tupilak figures are imaginative spirit carvings inspired by Inuit traditions but adapted into local cultural expression. Though not ceremonial objects, they often represent protective forces, ancestral beings, or mythic creatures tied to the natural world. The drum dancer was crafted by Greenland Inuit carver Jolian Elio and measures approximately 4" tall; the figure holding the buck, also c.1973 is by Lund K. measures 4.25" tall, and the final figure, half skeleton and half seal, is by Harold Tukula and measures 4" long x 1" tall.