Whale Bone Carvings – Fish Creek Company
Whalebone comes from private lands in Alaska that are owned by Native people. The colors are contingent on the minerals that the bone absorbed over several hundred (or even thousands) years while lying on the ground or beach. Because of …
Scrimshaw - Wikipedia
Scrimshaw is scrollwork, engravings, and carvings done in bone or ivory. Typically it refers to the artwork created by whalers, engraved on the byproducts of whales, such as bones or cartilage.
Fossilized Whalebone carved by Northern Alaska Native Artists
The art of carving whale bone in Eskimo culture is over 2,000 years old and was followed by ivory carvings. The carvers use very simple tools, such as files, saws and sandpaper. They also have a special process for drying and cleaning the bone.
Whalebone and Walrus Jawbone Carvings - Russian-American …
An Alaskan whalebone carving, or perhaps a walrus jawbone figurine carved by an Alaskan indigenous native artist, could be one of the most rare and authentic pieces of traditional art, available only in Alaska!
Scrimshaw: The Whaler's Art by Dr. Alan Granby - InCollect
2022年7月27日 · Scrimshaw is the art of engraving on or carving items from whale bone, sperm whale teeth, walrus tusks, baleen, and other material byproducts of the nineteenth-century whaling trade.
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Whale Bone Carvings – Page 2 – Fish Creek Company
Whale Bone Carvings Whalebone comes from private lands in Alaska that are owned by Native people. The colors are contingent on the minerals that the bone absorbed over several hundred (or even thousands) years while lying on the ground or beach.
Whalebone & Moose Antler Carving - Julie's Genuine Alaskan
This sculpture has been crafted in the tradition of the North, utilizing natural whalebone material obtained in rural Alaska. Before the introduction of lumber and other building supplies, whalebone was a critical construction material in the treeless arctic environment.
Collecting Scrimshaw Antiques: Whale Bone Carvings
2021年12月8日 · Scrimshaw takes the form of elaborate whale bone carvings in the form of pictures and lettering on the surface of the bone or often whale tooth. The engravings are often highlighted using a pigment. There are also small sculptures …
Fossil Whalebone Carving – Fish Creek Company
Alaskan Whale Bone Carving with Walrus Ivory features Signed by Artist Size - 22 1/4"L x 5/8"W x 1 1/2"H *This item can only be shipped within the USA