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.

"Walrus Transformation "
Artist: Richard Olanna
32" w x 26"h x 12"d
$ 12,000
"Walrus Transformation "
Artist: Richard Olanna
32" w x 26"h x 12"d
$ 12,000
walrus - alaskan whale bone carving
"Walrus on Back"
Artist: Byron Amos
8"w x 5.5"h x 6"d
$ 695  Sold
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  Sold
berry picking alaskan doll
"Berry Picking Doll"
Artist: Emma Olnna
7"w x 15"h
$495
Blanket Toss dolls
"Blanket Toss"
Artist: Alice Nayokpuk
Size: 7"w x 11"h
$800
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
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
"Mother& Child"
Artist: Fred Nayokpuk
Size: 6"w x 9"h
$650
walrus ivory sculpture alaskan
"Walrus"
Artist: Tom Akiya
3" x 2.5"
$ 850
polar bear claw alaskan sculpture
"Polar Bear Claw"
Artist: Tony Pelawook
5" x 2.25"
$ 650  Sold
"Walrus Bear Claw" carving
Artist: Roy Toolie
3.5" w x 2"h x 1.5" d
$450  Sold
sanhill crane and pacific loon sculptures
"Sandhill Crane"
Artist: Charles Kokoluk
4" x 2" $ 650  Sold
"Pacific Loon" Artist: Ted Mayac
2.25" x 2.5" $750  Sold
"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