#6 • Walrus Ivory, Baleen & Hide Blanket Toss Diorama
Part of 2025 AKPM Donated Valuables Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)
High bid $130.00
Status: Sold
Category: Ethnographic Objects
A blanket toss diorama depicting four Alaska Native people, all carved and incised from walrus ivory, positioned in a circle upon a round slice of baleen. Also includes an ivory figure, possibly a child, sitting upon a round fur pelt that serves as the blanket. Baleen demonstrates some surface wear as photographed. The diorama measures approximately 3.74" in diameter x 2" tall.