#21 • Soapstone Alaska Native Spirit Wheel

Part of July 2026 Discovery Auction (timed auction by Alaska Premier Auctions & Appraisals)

High bid $140.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A marine-themed Alaska Native spirit wheel crafted with soapstone figures including a central green halibut signed en verso by Yup'ik artist Bryon Amos (b.1962) of Nunivak Island circa 1996. Other effigies include a light green walrus head with tusks tentatively identified as walrus ivory, accompanied by two front and two rear flippers, each split with brown-stone walruses, plus a lower oar-shape. The wheel measures approximately 12.5" x 3.5" x 14.75" high.