A polychrome cribbage board, crafted from a walrus tusk and accented with scrimshaw story panels depicting a seal hunter tracking, capturing, and bringing home his prey. The board rests upon a flat, fossilized base and is initialed "M.K." lower left of the scrimshaw artwork as shown. Measures approximately 24" x 3" x 2.75" tall.

A Yup'ik spirit wheel with central polychrome wooden loon figure, mounted within a single bentwood frame that is accented with six appendages including wings and fins as photographed. The piece is signed en verso by Alaska Native artist Henry Shavings (1924-2016) of Mekoryuk, a village located on Nunivak Island, Alaska. Entire spirit wheel measures approximately 14.5" x 9.5" x 19" tall.

A walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) skull and mandible with eight intact teeth and a pair of tusks, each tusk inlaid with nine graduated baleen dots in staggered columns of six and three. Prepared for hanging en verso, with a wire loop, the skull has four protective felt dots affixed to the rear of the skull. Measures approximately 6" x 5" x 16" tall. Note Regarding Shipping Services: This item is exceptionally large and/or heavy, and may require custom boxing or crating depending on the intended destination and available carrier services. For more information prior to bidding, please email us at Shipping@AlaskaPremierAuctions.com or call/text us at 907.570.7050.

An original oil painting by Alaska artist Joan Arend Kickbush (1926-2006), depicting a trio of rosy-cheeked Alaska Native children playing in the snow with their puppy and doll, the snow and background with a textured quality, executed with a pallet knife in typical Kickbush fashion, also speckled with white paint mimicking a snowy foreground; it is signed in the lower right-hand corner. Framed with some discoloration in spots, as photographed, it measures approximately 16.25" x 22.5" overall with a sight view of 11.25" x 17.5".

An original painting on canvas by Alaska artist Ellen Henne Goodale (1915-1991). Artwork depicts an Alaska Native ice fishing, bundled in a soft green parka with a thick fur hood; the catch of the day is in a pile next to the ice hole. Two characters can be seen far off to the left, the only things visible in the background of the vast Arctic landscape. Artwork is signed in the lower left corner; housed in the original frame, it measures approximately 20.5" x 24.75" overall with a sight view of 12" x 16".

An original abstract acrylic painting on canvas entitled "Aerial Fields - Red" in bold red with sections of dark blue, green, and orange by Alaska artist Kim Marcucci (b.1957), signed in the lower right corner and en verso. The piece measures approximately 24" x 24".

An original ink and charcoal sketch on paper by the renowned Alaskan artist, Byron Birdsall (1937-2016), titled "Anchorage City Hall". The sketch depicts the original Historic City Hall in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, originally designed by E. Ellsworth Sedille and built in 1936. It is signed and dated 2012, lower left, in the artist's customary block letters. Matted and housed in a complementary deep black frame, it measures approximately 13" x 16.25" overall, with a sight view of 6.25" x 10".

An original doodle-style ink drawing depicting scenes from Alaska Native life including a polar bear encounter and sled dog team signed in the lower left by Inupiaq artist Robert Mayokok (1903-1983), shrink-wrapped on board. The paper appears crinkled as photographed and a small tear is present within the upper right vignette. The piece measures approximately 25.5" x 21.75".

An original painting entitled "Fish for Everyone" depicting grizzly bears catching salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park, Alaska, signed c.1994 by Alaska artist Charlen Jeffery Satrom (b.1939) in the lower left corner. Framed, it measures approximately 27" x 33" overall with a 18.5" x 24.5" sight view.

An original oil painting depicting a snow-capped Mount Achilles in Ketchikan, Alaska, foregrounded by evergreen trees and brush, signed lower left and en verso by Alaska artist Jules P. Dahlager (1884-1952). Housed in the original frame, it measures approximately 10" x 12" overall with image dimensions of 6" x 8".

An original ink collage sketch on paper by the renowned Alaskan artist, Byron Birdsall (1937-2016), titled "Fourth Avenue - Anchorage". The artwork depicts the streets of Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, Alaska, after the Good Friday Earthquake that occurred on March 27, 1964. Birdsall is known to paint many scenes of Fourth Avenue, most post-earthquake, where the city can be seen rebuilt and thriving. This artwork is signed and dated 2012, lower left, in the artist's customary block letters. Matted and housed in a complementary deep black frame, it measures approximately 17.75" x 15.25" overall with a sight view of 11" x 9".

Two limited edition numbered 142/175 bronze sculptures titled "L'Homme et la Femme" (The Man and the Woman), marked upon their bases with "PICASSO" after the original c.1965 terracotta forms created by Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973). Each figure represents a recurring theme in the artist's late work - the exploration of duality and fractured identity, and is characterized by simplified facial features, elongated bodies, and stylized profiles. Produced c.1970, each sculpture measures approximately 6" x 3.5" x 12" tall.

An original abstract cycladic painting entitled "Impression VII" displaying vivid and contrasting warm and cool hues, signed lower right by Alaska potter and artist Alex Duff Combs (1919-2008). Housed in a thin silver-tone frame measuring approximately 16" x 34.75" overall. Alex Duff Combs was an Alaska-based artist who spent much of his life in Homer and Anchorage. He taught art at Temple University in the early 1950s before relocating to Alaska in 1955, where he served as Superintendent of Art for the Anchorage School District (1956–1962). He later taught for many years at Anchorage Community College—now part of the University of Alaska Anchorage system. Working across a wide range of media, including sculpture, metalwork, wood, and mixed media, his work reflects a strong connection to natural materials and the landscapes of coastal Alaska, while sometimes venturing into more abstract creations, such as this.

An original multimedia painting entitled "Color Your View" signed en verso by Alaska artist Gayla Ranf (21st Century). The piece was created for The Metro Anchorage Salvation Army's Transformed Treasures fundraiser in 2024 on a repurposed frame using mixed media techniques. Features encaustic, fabric, papers, oil, pastel, and rust paint on a repurposed framed as noted. The piece measures approximately 30" x 30".

A stunning pair of Yup'ik ladies pictorial coiled grass wall hangings, each featuring dual rows of polychrome coiled grass framing portraits of Alaska Native figures attired in spotted seal fur parkas with fur ruffs and trim, plus fur mukluks upon a suede ground. The examples are further accented with wide fur borders and backed in cobalt blue felt. Each fan measures approximately 12" x 16" tall with fur trim; center portions are 6.25" x 12.25" in comparison.

A highly detailed carved whalebone figure, standing on one foot, arm elevated with harpoon, other hand holding a seal float. The inset face is crafted of polished and incised bone, the seal float and harpoon connected with a length of sinew. Signed en verso by contemporary Alaska artist Kent Heindel (b.1962) of Palmer, Alaska, and mounted upon a fossilized cervical vertebra, likely walrus, with light fissures; the harpoon appears to have been artificially shortened from its original length, as shown. Measures approximately 11" x 3.5" x 20" tall.

A signed and numbered 25/68 woodblock print entitled "Origin of the Raven Dance" by Inupiaq carver and artist Sylvester Ayek (b.1940) of King Island, Alaska. The work depicts a hunter with spear, lower center, a drummer and dancer at the middle, and a black raven flying above. Numbered, titled, and signed along the right side by the artist, the piece is matted and framed under glass. Measure approximately 28.5" x 13.5" overall with a sight view of 23.25" x 8.5".

Two circa 1903 portrait photographs numbered 21 and 23 depicting Native Alaskan men, printed by the Lomen Bros Studio, founded in Nome, Alaska by Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph Lomen after they arrived as part of the Alaska Gold Rush. The full-length studio portrait of a man in a fur parka is attributed to photographer Beverly Bennett Dobbs (1868-1937) who had a photography studio in Bellingham, Washington for twelve years before taking a schooner from Seattle to Alaska where he photographed Nome, the Seward Peninsula, and the Inuit people, while also prospecting for gold; other versions of this photo identify the subject as a "Kings (sic) Island Native". The second photo, a seated portrait of another Alaska Native man, is similarly dated with notations from Lomen Bros as shown and measures approximately 10" x 8.25" overall.

A gorgeous museum-quality two-masted sailing ship crafted almost entirely of walrus tusk for the hull, masts, sails, spar, and rowboat. Black twine provides the rigging, and metal studs provide attachments as shown; black ink accents the sails and hull, providing definition and movement. The ship is mounted upon a walrus tusk base that is signed and dated c.1981 on the underside by Alaska artist Willie Smalley, Jr. (1952-2014), for whom an almost identical piece is held within the collection of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian. Measures approximately 9.25" x 1.25" x 8.75" tall.

An original painting by the renowned Alaskan artist, Byron Birdsall (1937-2016), titled "The Alaska Highway, Road to Adventure." The artwork depicts an automobile navigating the at-that-time unpaved highway in summer, on a sunny day with wildflowers blooming by the roadway. The highway, originally constructed in 1942, was celebrating its 50th Anniversary at the time the artist rendered this original watercolor. It is signed and dated 1992, lower right, in the artist's customary block letters. Matted and housed in a frame that shows some light surface wear, it measures approximately 26.5" x 33.5" overall.