Product Overview
Walruses serve as a crucial resource for Alaska Natives, providing both nutritional and cultural benefits. The meat, blubber, skin, and organs offer a rich source of food, while the hides cover boats. Moreover, the tusks, carved into intricate figures, are sold to collectors, generating income for the Yupik people. Aaron Oseuk’s carvings exemplify the high level of craftsmanship and cultural importance of walrus ivory art in Yupik society. This beautiful bird with baleen inlayed eyes is carved out of walrus tusk, signed by the artist - Aaron Oseuk Jr. of Gambell, located on the northwest cape of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea just southwest of Nome, Alaska.
Approx. 4"x1"
