#43 • Walrus Ivory Seal Hunter Figurine - Aloysius Pikonganna

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

High bid $250.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A walrus ivory sea kayak with a hunter sitting within, his paddle in one hand and his other hand held aloft, likely intended to be holding a harpoon that is no longer present. His captured seal rests across the bow, and his inflated seal float across the stern; scrimshaw accents throughout. Signed on the underside by Iñupiaq artist Aloysius Pikonganna (1909-1986), whose work can be viewed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Measures approximately 6" x 1.5" x 1.5" tall.