Product Overview
A beautiful piece of walrus ivory with family of walruses scrimshaw. The ivory is mounted to a fossil walrus ivory artifact base. The ivory is approx. 4" x 0.5" x 1". Signed by the artist.
Dennis Sims learned the art of scrimshaw from a Native Alaskan carver in 1976 and has won several Art Shows since then. He works with both Ancient Walrus and Mammoth Ivory which is between 600 and 30,000 years old. Dennis uses modern as well as traditional techniques to produce his works of art. Dennis was born in 1952 and has lived in Alaska since 1975.
