Spectacular Alaskan Native Walrus Ivory Blanket Toss
nA authentic alaskan native handicraft! A hand-carved alaskan native walrus ivory traditional blanket tossan exceptionally psectacular carving! The eskimo blanket toss (called a nalukataq) was designed to have fun after a successful whaling seasonduring the nalukataq celebration, one person gets in the middle of the blanket and stands there while being tossed by the other people (called pullers) holding the edges of the blanketthe person being tossed gets as high as 30 feet in the air and must land on his/her fete without falling downthe objective of the blanket toss was to be tossed the highest while maintaining grace and balancesometimes you could see the jumper dancing or running in placeand sometimes flips and somersaults were done to the delight of the pullers and spectatorsquite the feat and quite the fun celebration! This carving is truly spectacularfour walrus ivory eskimo pullers and one walrus ivory eskimo being tossedfantastic detailing in their faces and bodiesall dressed in alaskan parkas with hoods on their headsmounted on a large piece of fossilized whalebone with gorgeous coloring and textureaprx 4-1/2 highbase is aprx 5-1/4 by 5-1/4! Signed on the edge of the base by joe kunnukjoe kunnuk sran extremely talented king island inupiauq (eskimo) master carver form nome alaska!
Truly a very spectacular walrus ivory carving depicting a very old eskimo traditionthe nalukataq blanket tossmost definitely a must have for your collection of authentic alaskan native walrus ivory art carvings! Thank you and good luck!
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