Savoonga Ivory Carvers: A Yupik Walrus Ivory Carving Tradition on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

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$94.80 - $118.50
UPC:
9789888272068
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Hardcover
Publication Date:
12/28/2015
Author:
Bruce Bartholomew
Language:
english
Edition:
1st

Product Overview

This lavishly produced hardcover book, published in 2015, is a large format (9 12 2 inches) with a total of 560 pages including 490 color illustrations and includes both photographs of almost all the carvers of Savoonga between the 1940s and the present as well as photographs of their work. The book brings together a great deal of information concerning not only the names of the carvers but also what they carve, how they signed their names, and how they are related to other carvers on the island. No other publication has this sort of in depth information about this carving tradition.

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