Product Overview
A beautiful large piece of fossil walrus ivory with a large walking polar bear and seal scrimshaw.Brilliant composition by Vukson on this one. This piece of ancient walrus tusk ivory was, at one time, worked to be an ice pick. This piece features a hunting polar bear. This was done on fossil walrus ivory artifacts and mounted on a walrus fossil jaw bone base. Measures 6 inches long and stands 3.5 inches tall including base.
Very unique scrimshaw, can be a perfect addition to any collection. Signed by the artist.
George Vukson was born in 1954. He studied fine art at the University of Wisconsin. In 1979 he traveled north to pursue his two interests, wildlife and art. Today he combines these two interests, spending winters carving materials unique to the north – fossil whale bone, moose antler, sheep horn and fossil walrus and mammoth ivories. In the fall he is a hunting guide in the Wrangell Mountains. He lives in Wasilla with his wife.
Very unique scrimshaw, can be a perfect addition to any collection. Signed by the artist.
George Vukson was born in 1954. He studied fine art at the University of Wisconsin. In 1979 he traveled north to pursue his two interests, wildlife and art. Today he combines these two interests, spending winters carving materials unique to the north – fossil whale bone, moose antler, sheep horn and fossil walrus and mammoth ivories. In the fall he is a hunting guide in the Wrangell Mountains. He lives in Wasilla with his wife.
