Living luxuriously in Ignorance:
Then and Now
Dutch Whaling: At Whose Expense?
Information About the Whalebone Plaques
Ivory Engraving of Chukchi Hunters.
Description:
A walrus ivory engraving shows Chukchi hunters hunting walruses and whales.
Date unknown, made in Chukotk Autonomous Region, Russia.
Artist unknown.
Source: Getty Images
Faces (Bone on Bone)
Description:
Made in Nunavut, North Baffin Island
ossified whalebone,
Artist: Manasie Akpaliapik (1955- )
MIA Collection, 2013.4.30.1-2.
Further information: Museum of Inuit Art Blog
Photo by Hulton Deutsch, Alaska, 1900. Getty Images
Photo by: J.C. George, Large bowhead hauled onto sea ice near Barrow, Alaska, during the spring hunt.
Photo by Bryan and Cherry Alexander Photography, Inuit whale hunters paddle an umiak made from wood and seal skins.
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