Ivory
Rams were popular spirit animals to the ancient people. They provided food and clothing and were an omen of prosperity. Today goats are still important to the native people.
Fossilized Frog by Navajo carver Roy Davis. Frog is the caller of the rains and the cleanser of emotions.
Detailed carving of a howling wolf. Carved from fossilized ivory. Measures 4 1/2 inches tall. Origin and artist unknown.
Figurative pendant carved from Walrus ivory with an inset abalone eye. This NW coast amulet would make a beautiful tribal necklace or a fetish for your collection. Measures 2 inches long.
Yup'ik carver Melcher Oozevesook has carved and painted this King Eider out of Walrus ivory. Measuring 2 1/4 inches long.
Archie Slwooko is a Yupik native who carves Walrus ivory, like many of his fellow tribe members. The fossilized ivory of Walrus tusk, old whale bones and whale baleen are used to create these mammals of the NW coast.
Scrimshaw is a form of art were the image is scratched in to the surface of ivory, and then ink is rubbed in to the etching. This eagle is on a beautiful piece of Walrus tusk (the tusk has a vertical fracture). It measures 3 inches wide. It is signed GREY C.
Carved out of fossilized Walrus tusk and mounted on to a fossilized whale bone. This eagle has a fresh catch in it's beak, the fish is as detailed as the feathers on the eagle. The bottom is signed with the initials LBI.
