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St. Lawrence Island Bird Carvings

Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior

Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, United States

Photograph of various unsigned St. Lawrence Island bird carvings from the 1930s or 1940s.

Small carvings such as these were one of the earliest forms of carving made by Yupik people for sale to sailors in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB), U.S. Department of the Interior

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