Museum of Contemporary Circumpolar Art (MCCA)

Aaron Leggett Email from 11. December 2018 Yes, I can verify that this is definitely an authentic Inupiaq Alaskan native and I am pretty sure W.K. stands for Walter Keokuk http://orig.cowanauctions.com/auctions/item.aspx?id=93534, and SHH, Alaska does mean Shishmaref (it’s the airport code for the village). The only thing else to say is that it is made of Whalebone (bowhead whale), Ivory (walrus) and Baleen (again Bowhead). I do have to say that I am bit surprised given its size and the material that it showed up in a Flea Market in Switzerland.