Featured 2 Inuit Figurines

Any help with the signature?
The whale is not signed so don’t know if by the same artist.
Thanks

 

Thanks. First letter G?

 

Yes.
They are sweet, kard. Love the beluga.

 

Bert Oozevaseuk (1946 – 2004) was a respected ivory carver from the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.

 

Thanks Brynne. It looks like the initial of this signature is a G, maybe a relative?

 

There is Gordon Oozevaseuk but the examples here are signed only with GD
https://tellmewhereonearth.com/Alaska.htm

 

I'd think the G. does refer to Gordon Oozevaseuk, who is likely a relative; signature styles on ivory can vary, sometimes depending on the size of the item; and because the signature is often carved, there is less consistency than in the signature on a painting, for example.
I've got many examples by Inuit artists who sign ivory in ink, rather than carving; and carved signatures may be done in a number of different ways also.