To help us raise support for the medical mission trip, our friend, Lisa, has donated a small ivory carving of a Beluga Whale from the remote island town of Gambell, Alaska carved by Native Alaskan artist Charles Slwooko. Gambell is a village of about 700 people situated on St. Lawrence Island in the North Bering Sea 140 miles from Nome, Alaska and 40 miles from Russia. The people of the remote village of Gambell survive off the land now, just as they did thousands of years ago, hunting game. They use every bit of the animals they have hunted. What can't be eaten is put to use in other ways. This small carving is made from the ivory of a walrus tusk and is elevated above it's ivory base by a section of walrus whisker. The whale's eyes are made of actual inlaid whale baleen. Lisa has donated this dainty carving to help raise funds for the medical mission trip to El Salvador. This carving can be obtained for a donation of $75...just e-mail us at DublinLin@hotmail.com. (Lisa estimates it's market value to be about $45. 100% of the proceeds from this ivory carving will go towards the Medical Mission Trip to El Salvador.)
A few other examples of Charles Slwooko's sculpting:
(St. Lawrence Totem by Charles Slwooko)
(Bowhead Whales Breaching by Charles Slwooko)
(Bowhead Whales by Charles Slwooko)
(Seal/Shaman of walrus ivory by Charles Slwooko)
(Polar Bear of whalebone and baleen by Charles Slwooko)
(Walrus with Pup by Charles Slwooko)
(Whimsical Bowhead Whale by Charles Slwooko)
Photo of the artist, Charles Slwooko--taken by Lisa recently when her work took her once again to remote St. Lawrence Island.
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