A walrus carved from a walrus tusk by one of St. Lawrence Island's finest.
Hand-carved walrus ivory by Aaron Oseuk, a Siberian Yupik artist from Gambell, Alaska. Sitting walrus with inlaid ivory tusks and baleen eyes, polished to a warm cream finish with the natural grain of the tusk visible throughout. Oseuk's walrus carvings are his best-known works — featured in "Eskimo Carvers of the Bering Sea" and collected by the Smithsonian. Signed by the artist. Vintage estate piece.
Details:
- Hand-carved walrus ivory
- Walrus with inlaid ivory tusks and baleen eyes
- 2.5" L x 1.75" W x 3.25" H
- Artist: Aaron Oseuk, Siberian Yupik, Gambell, Alaska
- Signed by the artist
- Work in the Smithsonian American Art collection
- Vintage estate piece
- One of a kind
