#7 • Whale Bone & Walrus Ivory Puffin Rookery Sculpture - Hubert Kokuluk

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

High bid $225.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A sculpture depicting a circus of puffins on a cliffside crafted from whale bone signed en verso by Iñupiaq artist Hubert Kokuluk (b.1944) originally from King Island, Alaska. The puffins are carved from walrus ivory and painted with black back and head feathers and orange beaks and feet. The sculpture measures approximately 4.5" x 2.75" x 3.75" tall.