The Indian Craft Shop
U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240

The Indian Craft Shop is OPEN BY APPOINTMENT (best appointment times are between 10am - 2pm, Tuesday - Friday.
Please email for an appointment: IndianCraftShop@guestservices.com

ONLINE ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED and SHIPPED Twice a Week.
For Curbside or Instore PICKUP: Use Shop address as SHIP TO address for appropriate tax. Shipping charges will be refunded.

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Carving - Beluga Whale Diving, Slender Carving of Aged Walrus Tusk Ivory by James Walunga (Yupik) SOLD

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Price: $145.00

SOLD - Please call us for more information

Item Number: INC46

3 1/2" diving length X 2 1/4" wide base

A variety of highly refined arts express the unique cultural traditions of Native Alaskan peoples. Commonly known as "Eskimo", the Yupik and Inupiat people of Northern Alaska have been subsistence hunters relying on local species for thousands of years. These local animals provide the materials from which are fashioned exceptional works of art. The tusks of the Pacific walrus provide ivory which carvers transform into amazingly realistic images of animals. Walrus, seal, polar bears and arctic whales are favorite subjects, but we also see birds, otters, woolly mammoth, wolf, moose and many others. Hunters waiting at seal breathing holes and whaling from kayaks are also depicted in ivory. Old pieces of whalebone collected from shorelines are also used by carvers, often for larger scale pieces. To learn more about Arts of Alaska, click here.

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ORDERING ONLINE FOR PICK-UP AT THE SHOP

If you would like to order online and pick up in the Shop, please fill in your “Ship To” address as the Shop’s street address: 1849 C Street, NW, Washington, DC 20240. The appropriate DC sales tax will be charged and we will credit your shipping cost back to your method of payment. In the “comment section” of your order, let us know that you will be picking up your order and we’ll have it ready for you!