#89 • Greenlandic Inuit Tupilak Figurines - Egon Poulsen & Other

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

High bid $1,450.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

Two intricately carved whale tooth tupilak and male 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 largest tupilak, c.1950s, measures approximately 2" x 1" x 5" tall; the second example, representing half human, half seal, is attributed c.1973 to Egon Poulsen and measures 5" x 1.5" x 0.5" tall.