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Alaskan Art
Perhaps it is the long dark days of the Arctic winter which nourishes
the fertile imagination of the Alaskan Native artist. Using an unlikely
array of animal materials, Alaskan artists have created several unique
art forms including; woven baleen baskets, whale bone and walrus ivory
sculpture.
Once grouped together as "Eskimos" these Northern peoples from the
Arctic are now acknowledged as culturally separate groups. Beginning in
the far north and west of Alaska are the Inupiaq people, to the south of
them along the coastline are the Central Yup'ik and further west on
Saint Lawrence Island and in Russia are the Siberian Yup'ik. Along the
Aleutian Island chain the Aleut make their home. The Alutiiq Eskimo
people who inhabit the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island are cose relatives.
Ethnically and culturally separate are the Athabascan of interior
Alaska, known for the beadwork and birchbark baskets. Although located
coastally in Southeast Alaska along the Alaskan "Panhandle," the Haida
and Tlingit are considered "Northwest Coast" Native people rather than
"Northern Alaskan" Natives. Their totem poles, masks, argillite and wood
carvings are internationally recognized. Wood, scarce to the northern
arctic, doesn't figure into "Eskimo" artwork.
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"Walrus Transformation "
Artist: Richard Olanna
32" w x 26"h x 12"d
$ 12,000
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"Walrus Transformation "
Artist: Richard Olanna
alternate view
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"Hearing Aids"
Artist: Arnold Gologergen
3.5" x 3" x 2.5"
$ 650 Sold
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"Walrus on Back"
Artist: Byron Amos
8"w x 5.5"h x 6"d
$ 695
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"Seal and Pup"
Artist: Ike Kulewiyi
13 x 4.5 x 2
$1,600
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"Bottom of the Sea"
Artist: Ike Kulewiyi
$2,400
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"Standing Otters"
Artist: by the late Aaron Oseuk
$145 - $235
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"Berry Picking Doll"
Artist: Emma Olnna
7"w x 15"h
$495
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"Baleen and Ivory"
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"Baleen, Whalebone and Ivory"
Artist: Various Artists
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"Blanket Toss"
Artist: Alice Nayokpuk
Size: 7"w x 11"h
$800
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"Bowhead Whale"
Artist: Jason Iya
7.5 x 1.5 x 3
$ 450
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"St. Lawrence Totem"
Artist: Charles Slwooko
12.5 x 2
$ 950
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"Eagles on Branch"
Artist: James Aningayou
8.5" x 8" x 2.5"
$1,600
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"Hooper Bay Baskets"
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"Hunter with Jawbones"
Artist: Edwin Nunguk
3"w x 11"h
$1,500
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"Hunter with Jawbone"
Artist: Edwin Nunguk
Back View
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"Fossilized Ivory Bracelets"
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"Mother& Child"
Artist: Fred Nayokpuk
Size: 6"w x 9"h
$650
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"Walrus"
Artist: Tom Akiya
3" x 2.5"
$ 850
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"Polar Bear Claw"
Artist: Tony Pelawook
5" x 2.25"
$ 650 Sold
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"Walrus Bear Claw" carving
Artist: Roy Toolie
3.5" w x 2"h x 1.5" d
$450
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"Seals"
Artist: Alvin Aningayou
3.5' w x 1"h x 1-3/8" d
$1,200 apiece
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"Sandhill Crane"
Artist: Charles Kokoluk
4" x 2" $ 650 Sold
"Pacific Loon" Artist: Ted Mayac 2.25" x 2.5" $750 Sold
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"Plalyful Bears"
Artist: Wilson Omingealook
4"w x 2.25"h x 1.75"d
$850
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"Otter" carvings
Artist: Wilson Ooseva
5"w x 1.5"h x 2"d
$380
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