#42 • Walrus Ivory Trumpeter Swan Figurine - Robert Bellarmine Kokuluk

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

High bid $300.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

A walrus ivory figurine carved to depict a trumpeter swan sitting on water accented with an ink beak and eyes, signed on the underside by R. Kokuluk, for Iñupiaq carver Robert Bellarmine Kokuluk (1952-2018) originally from King Island, Alaska, and whose work has been displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian. It is dated sometime in the 1970s, with the last digit illegible. The figurine measures approximately 3.75" x 1.75" x 2" tall.