55 second, color/silent film clip of an ivory carver cutting, shaping, carving and polishing a piece of walrus ivory. Among the tools used are: saws, chisels, files, and a bow drill that he supports against his chin. The result is two small ivory...
"Alaskan defenders are depicted on the World War I[I] poster which was presented Saturday evening (Feb. 19) to Maj. Gen. George A. Carver (right) commanding general of United States Army, Alaska, by Brigadier General William S. Elmore, Adjutant...
Caption: Amos Wallace, Juneau, Thlingit Indian carver - in Philadelphia where he carved this totem for a Children's Museum - under auspices of ANAC Inc. of Juneau.
Carver [Billy Webster] holding a dance staff; in his lap is another carving; displayed on a table behind are other carved items, including five small totem poles Photographer's number 145
Description: wood; carved; abalone; inset; painted Descriptive Narrative: Headdress frontlet carved in a close grained hard wood. The slightly rectangular back plaque is convex vertically and concave horizontally. The face of a young woman is...
Descriptive Narrative: Carved wooden mask by Nathan Jackson with earrings by Emma Marks. The natural color of the wood shows through on most of the mask except where hair, eyebrows, and eyes are painted in black, and nostrils and lips in red. A...
Hewson, Wayne (artist). Video, 57 seconds MPG format. Wayne Hewson is a Tsimshian carver from Metlakatla, Alaska. Hewson's carving career began in 1967 in a boarding school in Wrangell, when he used a pocketknife and a bar of soap to carve a...
Joseph, Tommy (artist). Video, 55 seconds MPG format. Tommy Joseph is a Tlingit carver whose hometown is Ketchikan. The first piece he carved was a halibut hook when he was 8. His works now include small items such as bentwood boxes, rattles,...
Klukwan cemetery with eight grave houses, one with frog totem decorations. According to Louis Shotridge’s notes, this was designed and carved by a Dakl’aweidà carver named Naakushtáa. The same carver made the screen and houseposts inside the...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...
Ryan, Abel (artist). Video, 1:05 minutes MPG format. Born in Ketchikan, Abel Ryan now lives in Metlakatla. This Tsimshian carver learned basic flat design techniques from a master carver while in high school, and has now been carving for 14...
Ryan, Bert (artist). Sculpture of alder wood, copper, acrylic paint. Mask is in one piece with flange that has cutout shapes. Black and red paint and copper shapes used as decoration.(copper eyebrows and mustache held on with copper rivets)....
Ryan, Bert (artist). Sculpture of cottonwood, abalone, acrylic paint, human hair, and leather strap. Size: 20 x 25.5 x 7 in. The cottonwood was given to Ryan by Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Anchorage artist) from a tree in her yard. Artist information:...
Silook, Susie (artist). Video, 58 seconds MPG format. Susie Silook is a St. Lawrence Island Yupik ivory carver. She began her work by using the whole tusk of the walrus, as she didn't have tools to cut it into small pieces. Instead of the animals...