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.

spotted seal carving
"Spotted Seal"
Artist: Alvin Aningayou
4w x 1h
$1,200
bear carvings
"Hearing Aids"
Artist: Arnold Gologergen
3.5" x 3" x 2.5"
$ 650
walrus - alaskan whale bone carving
"Walrus on Back"
Artist: Byron Amos
8"w x 5.5"h x 6"d
$ 695
seal and pub ivory alsaksan carving
"Seal and Pup"
Artist: Ike Kulewiyi
13 x 4.5 x 2
$1,600
ivory carving alaskan
"Bottom of the Sea"
Artist: Ike Kulewiyi
$2,400
raven alaskan sculpture
"Raven"
Artist: Chris Aningayou
7w x 11h x 7d
$360
alaskan whale paddle
"Whale Paddle"
Artist: Jerry Laktonen
4w x 60h
$980
alaskan seal retriever
"Seal Retriever"
Artist: John Sinnock
6w x 6h
$950
walrus alaskan whalebone sculpture
"Double Walrus"
Artist: Edwin Nunguk
10w x 10.5h
1,400
common loon sculpture
"Common Loon"
Artist: Al Mayac
3.5" x 1.5" $ 360
bear hunter tailsman sculpture
"Bear Hunter Talisman"
Artist: Larry Kingeeguk
7" long
$ 950  Sold
berry picking alaskan doll
"Berry Picking Doll"
Artist: Emma Olnna
7"w x 15"h
$495
puffin and fish alaskan ivory sculpture
"Puffin and Fish" Artist: Warren Kingeeguk
3" x 1.5"
$ 200  Sold
alaskan native art
"Eagle and the Shaman"
Artist: Bobby Nashookpuk
21"w x 21"h x 8d
$2,000
"Eagle and the Shaman"
Artist: Bobby Nashookpuk
Detail View
baleen and ivory sculpture alaskan
"Baleen and Ivory"
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walking bear alaskan ivory sculpture
"Walking Bear"
Artist: Raymond Toolie
5.5" x 2"
$ 750
baleen baskets
"Baleen, Whalebone and Ivory"
Artist: Various Artists
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Blanket Toss dolls
"Blanket Toss"
Artist: Alice Nayokpuk
Size: 7"w x 11"h
$800
cormorant alaskan sculpture
"Cormorant"
Artist: James Walunga
2.5" x 4"
$ 160  Sold
diving humpback whale alaskan ivory carving
"Diving Humpback"
Artist: Ron Apangalook
8" x 8" x 4"
$ 650  Sold
bowhead whale ivory alaskan carving
"Bowhead Whale"
Artist: Jason Iya
7.5 x 1.5 x 3
$ 450
st lawrence totem alsakan ivory carving
"St. Lawrence Totem"
Artist: Charles Slwooko
12.5 x 2
$ 950
eagle ivory carving alaskan
"Eagles on Branch"
Artist: James Aningayou
8.5" x 8" x 2.5"
$1,600
hooper bay alaskan baskets
"Hooper Bay Baskets"
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blue bowhead whale alaskan carving
"Blue Bowhead"
Artist: Daniel Kiyi
4" x 2.5"
$ 595  Sold
walking bear - alsakan whalebone carving
"Walking Bear"
Artist: Harrison Miklahook Jr
9"w x 6"h x 4"w
$ 395
Hunter with Jawbone - front view
"Hunter with Jawbones"
Artist: Edwin Nunguk
3"w x 11"h
$1,500
Hunter with Jawbone - back view
"Hunter with Jawbone"
Artist: Edwin Nunguk
Back View
Fossilized Ivory Bracelets
"Fossilized Ivory Bracelets"
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"Mother& Child"
Artist: Fred Nayokpuk
Size: 6"w x 9"h
$650
bear hunter ivory alaskan sculpture
"Bear Hunter"
Artist: Wilbur Kuzuguk
4.75" x 1.5"
$ 650  Sold
walrus ivory sculpture alaskan
"Walrus"
Artist: Tom Akiya
3" x 2.5"
$ 850
fishing modanna alaskan carving
"Fishing Madonna" Artist: Roy Weyiouanna
5"w x 11"h
$ 895
sea spirit mask alaskan whalebone sculpture
"Seal Spirit Mask"
Artist: Edwin Weyiouanna
10"w x 8"h
$ 400
loon spirit whalebone carving
"Loon Spirit"
Idele Anningayou
6"h x 5"h x 6"w
$ 98  Sold
Ivory seal sculpture
"Seal"
Artist: Tom Akiya
4.5" x 1.5"
$750  Sold
alaskan whalebone sculpture
"Dancer and Spirit Helper"
Artist: John Boy Weyiouanna
14"w x 9"h x6"d
$ 850
rough legged hawk ivory carving alaskan
"Rough Legged Hawk"
Artist: Reggie Aningayou
3.25 x 2
$ 450
bear and salmon sculpture
"Bear and Salmon"
Artist: James Aningayou
4.5" w x 3"h x 2"d
$450
polar bear claw alaskan sculpture
"Polar Bear Claw"
Artist: Tony Pelawook
5" x 2.25"
$ 650
"Walrus Bear Claw" carving
Artist: Roy Toolie
3.5" w x 2"h x 1.5" d
$450
owl and humpback ivory carving alaskan
"Owl and Humpback"
Artist: Peter Waghiyi
$180 - each piece
sanhill crane and pacific loon sculptures
"Sandhill Crane" - Artist: Charles Kokoluk
4" x 2" $ 650
"Pacific Loon" Artist: Ted Mayac
2.25" x 2.5" $750
"Plalyful Bears"
Artist: Wilson Omingealook
4"w x 2.25"h x 1.75"d
$850
"Otter" carvings
Artist: Wilson Ooseva
5"w x 1.5"h x 2"d
$380