The Arctic Room - Section One:

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Arctic Art Room, offers authentic folk art and indigenous art from Alaskan, Eskimo and Inuit people, is now divided into two sections, made necessary by our growing acquisitions from the tribal artists who inhabit the Arctic from the Bering Strait to Eastern Canada.

You are now in the First Section of the Arctic Art Room.
To visit the Second Section, click here.

Check out this week's special discounted object of Arctic
tribal art.

Save $100
for a limited time only

D357	DJ09		DJ14
DA69	DC81	DJ12
Di11	Di51	DC91
DH90	D899	D901
W162	W307	E637
E961

D528	Di40	Di31 - Old Ivory
D339	Di04	D340
D921	Di29 - Old Ivory	D203
DH78	DH79	D036
D829	D396	DB39
DD96	Di12	DC80
DH97	D202	DG20
	D859

In Canada, the Native people are called Inuit.
In Alaska Native people are known as Eskimos.
The ethographic artistic expression of the Arctic peoples is as old
as the Vikings and the ancient tribes that crossed the Bering Strait.
Although, it was never considered as "art."
Even today, in the Inuit language, there is no word for "art."

You'll find examples of Alaskan and Inuit material culture in museums and private collections world-wide. The Arctic art work that makes its way to market in the
21st Century is that which is made primarily for sale, but is faithful to the tribal traditions that have survived the influence of European traders and missionaries.

In digenous Arctic art provides powerful imagery and a potent history of these resilient people. The finest Alaskan Eskimo carvers continue to work in wood, the ivory tusks of walrus, whale bone and baleen with a finesse and grace that is stunning.*

The finest Inuit artists carve arresting shamanistic images and compelling effigies
of indigenous wildlife from soapstone in a tradition that became popular in the
1930s under the guidance and encouragement of the Canadian government.

Aboriginals: Art of the First Person is proud to present outstanding pieces in both Eskimo and Inuit genres.

Incidentally, some people include the tribes of the
Pacific Northwest in the Arctic tradition. We prefer to include the Tlingit,
Tsimshian, Haida. Kwakiutl, Salish and Nootka in our American Indian Room,
which is where you will find their work.

*Please be advised: Due to the laws of the United States and Canada, works made with parts from marine mammals may not be imported into either country. Therefore any carving we sell that contains walrus ivory, whale bone or other marine mammal material will only be shipped
within the United states.

Additional Arctic carvings may be found at our Ebay store.

Click here to go to Arctic Room - Section Two

We interrupt this program for a special announcement: Now any item with a purchase price exceeding $200 may be purchased on extended payments through our Collector's Club.



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