FOSSILIZED WALRUS BACULUM, A POLISHEDFOSSILIZED WALRUS BACULUM, A POLISHED OOSIKFossilized walrus baculum, a polished oosik 21.5"l including a short polished walrus tusk cap at one end, 1.80lbs
VINTAGE INUIT OOSIK. A vintage, andVINTAGE INUIT OOSIK. A vintage, and likely antique, Inuit Oosik with carved and fitted bone ends. The Oosik is the baculum (penis bone) of the Walrus, and is long valued as a totemic by the Inuit,13”L.
INUIT CARVED OOSIK WITH CARVED IMAGESAnINUIT CARVED OOSIK WITH CARVED IMAGESAn Inuit carved oosik or baculum, excellent aged colouring and carved images including polar bear with ice floes, hunter and kayak, walrus on ice floes and a whale. Provenance Eastern Arctic. A wooden cap covers one end and is adorned with small discs of abalone shell. CITES may apply. Dimensions, 17.75" x 1.75". FRANCAIS: Sculpture inuite dans un oosik ou baculum, belle couleur vieillie, y figurant un ours polaire avec banquises, chasseur et kayak, morse sur banquises et une baleine. Provenance de l’Arctique de l'Est. Capuchon en bois couvrant une extrémité, orné de petits disques de coquille d'ormeau. CITES peut s'appliquer.
FOSSILIZED WALRUS OOSIKFossilized walrusFOSSILIZED WALRUS OOSIKFossilized walrus oosik (baculum) used as clubs or made into tools by Native Americans. 20 in by 1.75 inch diam. Weighs 27.8oz.
FOSSILIZED ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS BONEFOSSILIZED ALASKAN INUIT WALRUS BONE OOSIK / BACULUM**Originally Listed At $400**
Arctic shores, ca. 5000 years ago, modified sometime in the 19th or 20th century CE by Native Alaskan Inuit people. A large, polished walrus baculum. The walrus is an iconic Arctic animal, and they are famous for having the largest baculum - known to native peoples in the Arctic as an "oosik" - of all land animals. This example is a mottled brown-cream color with evidence of ossification along the interior cavity. The baculum is a bone found in the penis of many placental mammals, including some primates, which aids in maintaining stiffness during sexual reproduction. Fossilized bacula, which can be as long as 2' (60 cm), are, like this example, often polished and used as clubs by native Alaskan cultures - these are taken from sea lions, seals, polar bears, and, like this one, walruses. Size: 16.2" L x 1.9" W (41.1 cm x 4.8 cm)
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Provenance: Private Idledale, Colorado, USA collection
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Condition:
Small chips to terminals and expected ossification, otherwise in great condition. Nice surface smoothness.
BACULUM, LENGTH: 22-1/2 INBaculum, Length:BACULUM, LENGTH: 22-1/2 INBaculum, Length: 22-1/2 in
INUIT WALRUS BONE 'OOSIK' CLUB CarvedINUIT WALRUS BONE 'OOSIK' CLUB Carved and Dyed Bone with Polar Bear head tip, early 20th c. 21" long. The os baculum of a walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), known as an "oosik" (or "oosuk") in Native Alaska languages.
A vintage, and likely antique, InuitA vintage, and likely antique, Inuit Oosik with carved and fitted bone ends. The Oosik is the baculum (penis bone) of the Walrus, and is long valued as a totemic by the Inuit. 13”L. Condition: good CT Transfer Fee $10
INUIT OOSIK CLUB: 20th c. Oosik withINUIT OOSIK CLUB: 20th c. Oosik with carved Bear Head end, baleen banding, from a Walrus baculum. Approx. 17.5'' l. Sighed Jotham Ceppilu.
CONDITION: No condition issues are to be noted.
WALRUS BACULUM PENILE BONE, ALASKANWALRUS BACULUM PENILE BONE, ALASKAN SPECIMEN, UNCARVED. 19"L X 1 1/2"WWalrus baculum penile bone, Alaskan specimen, uncarved., Provenance: from Taylor University's Dr. Neil and Mrs. Renee Compton Collection. Proceeds benefit Taylor University endowed scholarship funds. Dimensions: 19"L x 1 1/2"W