Fossil Walrus Jewelry This beautiful jewelry was handmade using prehistoric ivory and bone excavated in Alaska. It has a very detailed Walrus face and ivory tusks. Raw walrus ivory obtained after 12/21/72 is not legal to buy or sell unless both parties are Eskimo (it is legal to own). Listed below are some nice fossil walrus ivory tusks, sections and scales. Genuine scrimshaw or authentic ivory walrus tusks that have such carvings on them, can be worth thousands of dollars. But another collectible is the walrus oosik, the penile bone. Listed below are some nice fossil walrus ivory tusks, sections and scales. The lot also includes a … Sometimes as long as 60 cm (24 in), fossilized bacula are often polished and used as a handle for knives and other tools. It has a very detailed Walrus face and ivory tusks. I have not worked with it myself, but the late Larry Harley had a foot-long hippo tusk on his bench for years. For over 5,000 years Eskimos in the coastal villages along the Bering Sea fashioned sled runners, net weights, chopping tools and other utensils out of readily available ivory. Fossil walrus Oosik bone Earrings are set with 14kt french hooks, or can be customized with sterling silver french hooks. A $100 export permit is required to ship walrus ivory or oosik (legal as per above) out of the United States. Genuine scrimshaw or authentic ivory walrus tusks that have such carvings on them, can be worth thousands of dollars. Values for Inuit Walrus Decorated Oosik Inuit walrus decorated oosik with carved antler face at one end, bust of fossil ivory dog at other, signed Trying to obtain a value for it. It measures 26.5 inches. It measures 26.5 inches. One of them is the ivory tusks and teeth of walrus. The baculum or penis bone is not fossilized, it is from a walrus hunted legally by Eskimo people, known as an Oosik. The baculum or penis bone is not fossilized, it is from a walrus hunted legally by Eskimo people, known as an Oosik. To the tip and end of the piece are the intricately carved ivory heads of a walrus and a polar bear, suspended on a wood base. Each piece is unique, and sizes, colors and shapes may vary. Never mind that I had traveled the whole state of Alaska and had made a last minute, emotional decision to buy. A baculum or walrus oosik, baleen and walrus ivory sculpture. If you think this is a mammoth ivory, you're totally wrong! Oosik. Fossil walrus ivory can be used for hidden tang knives and the scales for frame handle or full tang knives, also, for specimens, jewlery making, instruments, carvings, turkey calls, duck calls, and gun grips. But for some strange reason, in my mind, a walrus' penis bone and its ivory tusks don't fit into the same legally protected paragraph. For sale is a great authentic native alaskan Ivory Oosik Stir Stick. The Oosik is smooth to the touch and the back end seems to be solid ivory. To the tip and end of the piece are the intricately carved ivory heads of an eagle and a … The oosik had cost a whopping $82.50. This Very Unique stir stick is in great shape, earning our Premier Star™ overall rating for quality, craftsmanship (for the time period) and current condition. I know it's rude, quite common and crude, perhaps it is grossly unkind; But with first glance at least, this bewhiskered beast, is as ugly in … We have assorted oosiks that are around 50 cm or 19.5" long measured straight tip to tip. This is an example of a particularly large walrus oosik owned by a pottery artist in North Carolina.