walrus tusk carving

[outlawatheart]

I was givin this as a gift by my lead electrician (who was a native Inuit to the area) while I was working in Burlington, Washington. He told me he got it at a relatives yard sale back in the late 60's. I've looked around on the internet and found a couple of Kunnuk named artists and even a close example (not signed) on flea-bay.
I did find out that the natural end is the most prized part of the tusk. If anyone knows about such things I would love to hear about it.

 

[HeavyFletch]

Nice

 

[Chris in BC]

That is awesome, wow

 

[rock]

Maybe Charl will see your post. I would guess if anyone would know it might be him. Good Luck

 

[monsterrack]

Find the book Ancient Men of The Arctic here a few pages out of it.It's good to see some artifacts of the Eskimo style because they are N. A. Indians. I find there culture very interesting . That's a nice piece Outlaw.

 

[outlawatheart]

cool MR Thnx for the info

 

[rock]

Here is what I have to offer for you. You can enlarge the pics to read about them.

 

[outlawatheart]

Thnx rock.. wish my piece was as old as some of those. I'm thinking maybe 30's or 40's for mine.