Bits of Alaska - Elegant Handcrafted Alaskan Jewelry and Artwork

Spirit Hunter


This is new. Spirit hunter. $395.00. The center is an Aleut hunting visor made of cedar and decorated with painted designs, trade beads, and feathers. The tooth at the top is a seal tooth, the bottom is a walrus tooth both capped with baleen. A whale baleen strip encircles the visor and ptarmigan feathers decorate the whole piece. These items represent the animals that were hunted. The harpoon and paddle represent some of the tools that the hunter would need. Approx. Size 20"x20"x 5".

Grease Dish


This wooden dish is carved from Sitka Spruce in the shape of a diving bird with the head at one end and the tail and web feet at the other. The rim in inlaid with small glass beads. The traditional painted bowl is red except for the broad rim which is painted black. Dishes such as this one were used to hold seal oil in which food was dipped during feasts. Price $495.00. Approximate size 13" by 6" by 2 1/4".

		Bits of Alaska Elegant Handcrafted Alaskan Jewelry and Artwork

		By Peter A. Lind, Jr. and Susan L. Lind Homer Alaska 99603 907.244.9914 slind@xyz.net www.xyz.net/~slind/