#57 • Etched Baleen Frond w/ Walrus & Whale Hunters - George Goldy

Part of 2025 AKPM Donated Valuables Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $60.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A finely etched section of variegated baleen frond, the image depicting an Alaska Native hunter with harpoon poised to kill a walrus, and a second group of hunters sitting within their umiak, a bowhead whale breeching nearby. Signed en verso c.1993 by Iñupiaq artist George Goldy (b.1978) of Kotzebue, Alaska. Prepared for hanging with a hide loop, the piece measures approximately 11.5" x 5.5" tall.