#10 • Scrimshaw Walrus Skull & Tusk Mount

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

High bid $2,500.00

Status: Sold

Category: Ethnographic Objects

An Alaskan walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull and tusk mount, featuring a matched pair of natural tusks with finely executed scrimshaw images of Alaskan and Arctic life including a walrus hunting scene on one tusk and a sled dog, musher, and hunter on the other tusk. Additional scrimshaw art of a polar bear facing off with a walrus is inked across the rostrum as shown. The walrus retains four teeth with four additional teeth absent, and the skull is arranged on an oval wood plaque. Fine scrimshaw decoration depicts polar bears and walrus across the rostrum, with walrus hunters, sled dogs, mushers, and other scenes of northern life extending along the outer surfaces of the tusks. No maker's mark observed. Measures approximately 16" x 7" x 30.25" tall.