Hunter with Walrus BaseView more work by Gary Sockpick
This piece is carved from a dense whale bone rib. There is an inextricable link between man and animal in Inupiaq culture and it is expressed here with a part human, part walrus figure. The hunter's face is carved from a beautiful piece of walrus ivory and the black dot inlays are baleen. Below the hunter's ruff are two decorative mammoth ivory inlays, worn traditionally as fur adornments on parkas.
| Artist |
Gary Sockpick |
| Origin |
Shishmaref, AK |
| Dimensions |
16.5 x 3.5 x 9 in (harpoon mounted) / 16.5 x 3.5 x 2.75 in (harpoon stored) |
| Materials |
Whalebone, walrus ivory, mammoth ivory, baleen |
| Culture |
Inupiat |
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