Ivory Carvings

These sculptures are hand carved by Alaskan artisans using real walrus ivory and polar bear fur.ot for export outside of the United States under any circumstances because of prohibitions under the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act.

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...

These carvings were purchased by Paul Crosby directly from Yup'ik carvers in the Alaskan village of Savoonga on St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during February 2007. All of the carvings are made from fresh walrus ivory that was taken from subsistence hunting activities. Many have eyes or trim using baleen and are often set on fossilized walrus ivory bases. Savoonga is known as the "Walrus Capital of the World." The walrus are hunted for meat--a number of the carvers had just returned...