Looking Both Ways

LOOKING BOTH WAYS: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People of Southern Alaska

Introduction
About the People
Alutiiq Villages
About this Project
Supplemental Reading

Object Categories
Ancestors
Our History
Our Way of Living
Our Beliefs
Our Family

IMAGE
Spirit Carving:

LOCATION: Uyak archaeological site, Kodiak Island, A.D. 1-1100

REFERENCE: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (NMNH 395188)

DIMENSIONS: 7.5 cm long.

DESCRIPTION:

Carvings from archaeological sites show animals, people and supernatural beings. Spirit-like faces appear on this small carving made of walrus ivory.

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