#12 • Walrus Ivory Spirit Masks - Xavier Simon

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

High bid $110.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

Two Alaska Native spirit masks featuring expressive walrus ivory faces and adorned with walrus ivory animals and dark brown flipper appendages, tentatively identified as fossilized walrus ivory, both signed en verso by Yup'ik artist Xavier Simon (b.1931) from Scammon Bay, Alaska, and dated 1993. One of the arms of a mask is separated but included. Each measures approximately 11" x 1" x 12" tall.