Susie Silook Yup'ik Inupiaq Eskimo Sculpture Whale Maker Wabanaki textured background of the platform

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The item is mounted and framed in a black shadow box

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Susie Silook Yup'ik Inupiaq Eskimo Sculpture Whale Maker Wabanaki textured background of the platformRead about the artist Susie Silook Yup'ik Inupiaq Eskimo Sculpture Whale Maker Susie Silook, one of the most original artists to come out of Alaska, created an evocative sculpture with two beings. This sculpture, carved in 2024, represents a being often credited with bringing whales to the people of Alaska to be hunted. Carved from walrus tusk with a walnut base. Sculpture is 12 1 2 inches high x 2 inches wide x 1 inch deep. Including the base, it is