Historic Arctic Prints, Art and Artifacts

A Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from walrus ivory & polar bear fur. Thule, Northwest Greenland

An ivory carving of a Chukchi man driving a reindeer sled by Chukchi carver Valery Vykvyrakhtyrgyrgin, Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Four walrus ivory carved Billiken figurines from Uelen. Chukotka, Siberia, Russia

Three decorated buttons carved from mammoth ivory and used on traditional Dolgan clothing. Central Siberia, Russia

A copy of a rock carving of a reindeer from the Alta area of North Norway. The carvings were made from 6000-2500 years ago.

A Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland

A figure of a polar bear carved from walrus ivory by Ilanguaq Duneq from Thule. Northwest Greenland.

An ivory carving of a native Siberian couple riding on a snowmobile. Tobolsk, Siberia, Russia

A Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from walrus ivory. Thule, Northwest Greenland

Figures of an inuit hunter fighting a polar bear carved from walrus ivory by Utoniaq Eipe from Thule. Northwest Greenland.

A Greenlandic Tupilak figure made from a sperm whale tooth. Thule, Northwest Greenland

A Greenlandic Tupilak figure featuring a raven made from a sperm whale tooth. Thule, Northwest Greenland

Figures of a polar bear & two cubs carved from walrus ivory by Ilanguaq Duneq from Thule. Northwest Greenland.

Figures of two polar bears carved from walrus ivory. Thule. Northwest Greenland.

Traditional inuit snow goggles or sunglasses made from Musk Oxen horn with ties of sealskin. To prevent snow blindness. Greenland

Traditional inuit snow goggles or sunglasses made from Musk Oxen horn with ties of sealskin. To prevent snow blindness. Greenland

An 1868 engraved print of a Greenland Inuit hunter

A carving of a Bowhead whale being attacked by killer whales made from walrus ivory. Chukotka, Russian Far East

A traditional Inuit harpoon head carved from walrus ivory with a metal blade. It is used for hunting from a kayak and it works on a toggle priciple. Thule District, Northwest Greenland

A variety of sea mammal figures carved onto a sperm whale tooth by Inuit artist Peter Odak from Qaanaaq, Thule District, Northwest Greenland

A traditional Nenets puzzle (Khubtsako) made from Mammoth ivory, reindeer bone & leather. Panaevsk, Yamal Peninsula, Northwest Siberia, Russia

An Inuit bow drill (circa 1950s) from the village of Siorapaluk in the Thule District of Northwest Greenland.

An Inuit bow drill (circa 1950s) from the village of Siorapaluk in the Thule District of Northwest Greenland.

Fishing tackle used by coastal Chukchi & Yupik Eskimos. It is made for jigging through the ice or from a boat. The hooks are set in walrus ivory. Uelen, Chukotskiy Peninsula, Russian Far East

The head of a fish spear (kakivak) from the Inuit community of Igloolik. The prongs are made from caribou ribs. Nunavut, Eastern Canadian Arctic.

An assortment of traditional Ulu