BONE & STONE: An Alaskan Group Exhibition

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  Edwin Nunguk
  Woman Dancer
  Walrus Ivory, Baleen inlay, Walrus Jawbone Base
  • 7"h
  • 2.5"w
  • 1.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Fred Kingeekuk – Small Seal
  Ivory, Baleen Inlay, Scrimshaw (Ink)
  • .13"h
  • 3.38"w
  • 1.13"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Maxine Ungott – Little Owl
  Ivory, Baleen, Fossil Walrus Ivory, Scrimshaw
  • 3.75"h
  • .88"w
  • 1.13"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Fred Nayokpuk – Two-Sided Vertebrae Drummer/Dancer
  Whalebone, Ivory, Baleen
  • 10"h
  • 16"w
  • 8.13"d
  SOLD
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  Edwin Nunguk
  Shamanic Figure Holding Seal
  Underwater Ivory, Old Walrus Jawbone
  • 14.50"h
  • 3"w
  • 3"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Richard Olanna – Dark Gray Whalebone Hunter
  Whalebone, Ivory, Baleen, Wood, Metal
  • 31.50"h
  • 8"w
  • 3"d
  SOLD
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  Edwin Nunguk
  Ivory Standing Bear
  Ivory, Baleen
  • 4.75"h
  • 1.5"w
  • .75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Luke Penayah – Ivory Swan
  Ivory, Ink
  • 2.75"h
  • 1.88"w
  • .75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Charles Slwooko – Group of Owls on Cliff
  Ivory, Ink, Walrus Cheek Bone
  • 2.13"h
  • 5.5"w
  • 3.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Ted Mayac, Jr. – Mallard
  Walrus Ivory, Ink
  • 1.25"h
  • 3.5"w
  • 1.38"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Ted Mayac, Jr. – Cinnamon Teal
  Ivory, Ink
  • 1.25"h
  • 3.5"w
  • 1.38"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Clyde Rookok – Sitting Up Walrus
  Fossilized Rib Bone, Ivory, Baleen
  • 3.13"h
  • 4.5"w
  • 2"d
  SOLD
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  Edwin Nunguk
  Small Walrus
  Ivory, Baleen
  • .88"h
  • 2.88"w
  • .75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Wagner Wongittilin – Layered Baleen Flying Loon with Fish in Mouth
  Layered Baleen, Inlaid Ivory, Whalebone Stand
  • 2.38"h
  • 5.88"w
  • 4.75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Wagner Wongittilin – Layered Baleen Flying Loon on Stand
  Layered Baleen, Inlaid Ivory, Whalebone Stand
  • 3.5"h
  • 6.5"w
  • 6.75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Ray Toolie – Pawing Bear
  Ivory, Baleen
  • 1.75"h
  • 4.75"w
  • 1.25"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Melcher Oozevaseuk – Small Textured Owl
  Ivory, Baleen, Ink
  • 1.75"h
  • 1.5"w
  • 1"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Melcher Oozevaseuk – Textured White Owl
  Ivory, Baleen, Ink
  • 2.38"h
  • 2"w
  • 1"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Miller Kingeekuk – Large Scrimshaw Seal
  Ivory, Baleen, Scrimshaw (Ink)
  • .88"h
  • 4"w
  • 2"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Clyde Rookok – Standing Grizzly
  Fossilized Rib Bone, Baleen
  • 4.75"h
  • 1.5"w
  • 1"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Hubert Kokuluk – Swan on Base
  Ivory, Ink
  • 3.88"h
  • 1.5"w
  • 1.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Jerome Saclamanna – Singing Seal Shaman
  Ivory, Baleen, Feathers, Mammoth Ivory Base
  • 5.5"h
  • 2.75"w
  • 1.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Richard Olanna – Small Brown Hunter with Spear
  Whalebone, Baleen, Wood, Metal, Sinew
  • 20"h
  • 6.5"w
  • 4"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Richard Olanna – Whalebone Hunter With Spear on Base
  Fossilized Whalebone, Wood Base
  • 19.5"h
  • 9"w
  • 17"d
  SOLD
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  Larry Ahvakana
  Raven Mask – Tulugaq, Syungha
  Red Cedar, Acrylic
  • 9.5"h
  • 6"w
  • 9"d
  SOLD
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  Larry Ahvakana
  Ivory Raven Pendant with Chain – I
  Old Walrus Ivory, Ebony Wood, Sterling Silver Chain and Setting
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  John Boy Weyiouanna – Walrus Hunter with Brown Goggles
  Whalebone, Ivory, Baleen, Mammoth Ivory
  • 28.25"h
  • 6.5"w
  • 14"d
  SOLD
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  Edwin Nunguk
  Hunter with Bow & Arrow
  Walrus Ivory, Fossil Walrus Ivory, Baleen, Leather
  • 9.5"h
  • 4"w
  • 1.75"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Brandon Olanna – Small Brown Hunter with Decorated Coat and Spear
  Whalebone, Baleen, Ivory, Wood, Sinew on Wood Base
  • 13.75"h
  • 11"w
  • 4.25"d
  SOLD
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  Perry Eaton
  Raven Mask
  White Spruce, Hickory, Artist Oils, Human Hair, Domestic Goose Feathers, Beads, Faux Sinew, Thread
  • 13"h
  • 20"w
  • 5.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Harry Hank – Medium Baleen Basket with Bear Head Finial
  Baleen, Ivory
  • 4.5"h
  • 2.5"w
  • 2.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Ted Mayac, Jr. – Baikal Teal
  Ivory, Ink
  • 1.13"h
  • 4"w
  • 1.50"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Richard Olanna – Tall Hunter
  Whalebone, Ivory, Fossil Ivory, Baleen, Metal Stand
  • 50"h
  • 7.5"w
  • 40"d
  SOLD
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  Small Baleen Basket with
  Whale Tail Finial
  Baleen, Ivory
  • 3"h
  • 3"w
  • 3"d
  SOLD
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  Larry Ahvakana
  Singing Seal Song (1980)
  African Wonderstone
  • 13"h
  • 8"w
  • 6.5"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Edwin Weyiouanna – Double Sided Vertebrae Dancer with Mittens
  Whalebone, Ivory, Baleen
  • 16.5"h
  • 27.5"w
  • 11"d
  SOLD
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  Edwin Nunguk
  Small Cormorant on Skull Bone Base
  Ivory, Baleen, Bone
  • 7.25"h
  • 3"w
  • .75"d
  SOLD
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  Larry Ahvakana
  At the Celebration
  Seated Inupiaq Woman
  New Mexican Alabaster
  • 13"h
  • 8"w
  • 9"d
  SOLD
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  Alaska Carvers
  Richard Olanna – White Bone Hunter with Spear
  Whalebone, Baleen, Wood, Metal
  • 23"h
  • 6.5"w
  • 11.5"d
  SOLD

A new body of whalebone, stone and ivory sculpture debuts this March, bringing the salty tang of the Bering Sea down to Seattle. Using whalebone, ivory and baleen as sculptural media remains an art form unique to Alaskan Natives, and the practice is widespread across coastal and island villages in the northwest of the state.

Most of the artists in this exhibit are from the Inupiaq or Siberian Yup’ik tribes. Many hail from Shishmaref, an Inupiaq village on a tiny, eroding barrier reef.  The villagers remain because of the strategic access to sea and land hunting.  In winter men go inland to hunt for moose and caribou, while in summer families fish, pick berries, and scavenge whalebone and mammoth ivory on the beach. Artists utilize the natural size and texture of the local materials to create works which reflect their activities and their connection to the animals on land and sea. Only old bones are used for carving, and whales are not killed for this purpose.

Join us for a slide show and lecture by contemporary Inupiaq artist Larry Ahvakana! Wednesday, March 12th, 7pm