Gifts from the ancestors

Description:

"Gifts from the Ancestors examines ancient ivories from the coast of Bering Strait, western Alaska, and the islands in between - illuminating their sophisticated formal aesthetic, cultural complexity, and individual histories. Many of the pieces discussed are from recent Russian excavations and are presented here for the first time in English; others are from private collections not usually open to the public. The essays, written by an international group of scholars, adopt a refreshing interdisciplinary approach that gives voice to the various competing, and now sometimes cooperating, stakeholders, including Native groups, museums, archaeologists, art historians, art dealers, and private collectors."--Jacket.

subjects: Ancient Ivories,  Exhibitions,  Ivory carving,  Antiquities,  Eskimo art,  Inuit art,  Indian art,  Ivories,  History,  Eskimo Ivories

Places: Northeastern Siberia,  Siberia, Northeastern (Russia),  Russia (Federation),  Bering Strait Region (Alaska),  Alaska,  Bering Strait Region