#11 • Scrimshaw Walrus Ivory & Baleen Spirit Mask - Dale T. Smith, Sr.

Part of May 2026 Treasure Trove Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $110.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A spirit wheel crafted with a central scrimshaw walrus ivory mask depicting a musk-ox with a polar bear, surrounded by a single circular ring, held to the mask by four walrus ivory rods. The ring has ten baleen effigies in the form of geometric-like shapes and animal fins or flippers; signed en verso by Dale T. Smith, Sr. (b.1941) of Nunivak Island, Alaska. It appears to be missing one of the baleen tips on the central bottom as photographed. Measures approximately 8" x 1.5" x 7" tall.