Men and Womens Pendants, Collars, Cuffs and Bracelets.
Silver, 24k Gold, Copper, South Sea Coral and Carved Fossilize Mammoth Ivory.
NativeYupik People
NativeYupik People
Below are pieces made from Yupik People fossil artifacts from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska used as ornaments and tools by Native Yupik People. The Yupik use the proceeds to buy life's simple luxuries and see this as part of their hunting and gathering culture. Collecting and carving ivory is their only industry.
St .Lawrence Island, Alaska is a 100 by 40 mile island off the coast of Nome in the Bering Sea, not far from the Arctic Circle and so close to Russia that the mountains there can be seen on a clear day. The approximately 1,600 Native Yupik people who live there practice a traditional way of life, and their diet consist primarily of greens, berries, fish and marine mammals, including bowhead whale and several species of ice seals and walrus.
