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Old 09-02-2008, 04:28 PM
 
Location: Charlotte, NC
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:44 PM
 
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Here are some pics of the latest carving, the one I bought on Ebay. It is smaller than the first one but it is also done by the same carver. The larger one is about 6" long & this one is closer to 3" long.





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Old 09-02-2008, 04:45 PM
 
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She looks a bit more satisfied, Barkley Just a bit though
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Old 09-02-2008, 04:56 PM
 
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She looks a bit more satisfied, Barkley Just a bit though
It looks like there is a chunk of salmon falling out of her mouth, but it must be a tongue.
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:03 PM
 
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It looks like there is a chunk of salmon falling out of her mouth, but it must be a tongue.
Those are nice, but my favorites are the eagles with their wings extende and the dog sleds with the dogs attached by harnesses. I saw one of those once carved on top of [and part of] a complete tusk. Waaay out of my price range, though! We did used to have a sled with a couple dogs, but I think someone stole it - I don't remember packing it, anyway.
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:09 PM
 
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Some of the spendier pieces were so cool. I saw one that was a hunter on top of a whale vertebrae who had a raised harpoon in one hand. He was kneeling on a piece f selenite. (the ice) below the ice there were seals & halibut swimming around carved out of walrus ivory. Some of the intricate baleen work is very impressive too.
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:25 PM
 
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Some of the spendier pieces were so cool. I saw one that was a hunter on top of a whale vertebrae who had a raised harpoon in one hand. He was kneeling on a piece f selenite. (the ice) below the ice there were seals & halibut swimming around carved out of walrus ivory. Some of the intricate baleen work is very impressive too.
Pretty much all the Native-made stuff is incredible. I have a coiled grass basket that is [I swear, I just measured it] 17 1/2" high, with the knob missing from the lid, and 16" in diameter. I have a bunch of smaller ones in much better condition, but that particular one is approximately 100 years old and came from out the chain somewhere. The ones I thought were most impressive were the watertight baskets from Atka, but the only person I ever met who knew how to make them was a bone-deep alcoholic, and she'd only make one to get more money for drink as a last resort. She'd get around 400.00 for one about the size of my fist.
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:33 PM
 
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Wow!!!
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Old 09-02-2008, 09:51 PM
 
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My Grandfather (now deceased) left me an old, basket made from whale fibers of some type. He was in Alaska during the 50s and acquired it while visiting a Native village. It is black, woven of hard fibers and feels like plastic It stands about 10 inches tall by 7 or 8 inches wide. It has an ivory carved walrus on the lid. He acquired in the 1950s. I don't know much about it, my wife stores her rings in it. It is an interesting basket. Any ideas what it might be?
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Old 09-02-2008, 10:21 PM
 
Location: Wasilla
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It looks like there is a chunk of salmon falling out of her mouth, but it must be a tongue.
I thought maybe it was a small pipe......but that would come "after", right?

Barkley, you and your happy bears crack me up!

But then, I'm still picking my chin up off the floor after seeing that oosik!

I don't even want to know what happens to one when it's "raw" to make it be not raw.......
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