#27a • Walrus Ivory Letter Opener & Cup - Moses Milligrock & Jerome Saclamana

Part of March 2026 Fantastic Finds Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $50.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A carved walrus ivory letter opener with circular handle featuring scrimshawed illustrations of a walrus and seal peeking over the water's surface and whale spouting and diving back under the water en verso; signed by Diomede Island Iñupiaq artist Moses Milligrock (1923-1999). Also includes a carved walrus ivory cup featuring a whale head with baleen eyes carved in relief plus scrimshawed puffin and other seabird en verso; signed on the underside by King Island Iñupiaq carver Jerome K. Saclamana (b. 1963). The knife handle has a crack that has been mended by a previous owner as photographed; knife measures approximately 1.5" x 5" long.