ALASKA NATIVE ESKIMO ARTIFACTS From St. Lawrence island, Alaska 100% private land, legally collected by Native Siberian Yupik people Tools made from fossil walrus, seal, whale average 1,000+ years old unless otherwise specified and TRANS ALASKA PIPELINE MEMORABILIA

 

GENUINE ALASKA PIPELINE made into the State of  Alaska AN ARTIFACT OF ALASKA'S OIL PIPELINE HISTORY rather than Native Eskimo You can't visit Alaska without crossing the pipeline and wanting to know more.  It is a significant part of Alaska, and U.S. history. (Also called the Alyeska Pipe line) The pipeline is 800 miles of 48" diameter pipe.  It can sustain an 8.5 earthquake.  It is constructed above-ground (to protect the permafrost, and high enough for migrating animals to pass underneath), and below ground where safe. The zig-zag pattern of the pipeline is by design.  This keeps the pipeline from separating during expansion & contraction, an innovative design thanks to James Maple, Structural Engineer.  The pipeline received honors from the American Welding Society for the superior work   Here is a big piece of the pipeline in the shape of the State of Alaska, showing where the pipeline was built through the center of the state, from Prudhoe Bay to  Valdez: Here's a premier piece in Valdez (not for sale):   Pipeline pipe is 1/2" and/or 3/8" thick steel, cut into the shape of the State of Alaska (natural curvature of the pipe is evident), buffed to a mirror finish, bolted to the wood display board, picture hanger on the back.   Anodized black/silver aluminum engraved nameplate authenticates it as: "This projection of Alaska is cut from an actual piece of the Trans Alaska Pipeline". Note two sizes offered; priority insured shipping included
ARTIF-PIPE-1 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" wide x 6-3/8" tall x 1/2" thick; solid oak mount is 10" wide x 9-34" tall x 3/4" thick; weighs 4 lbs 12 oz. $265  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-2 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" wide x 6-3/8" tall x 1/2" thick; solid cherry mount is 12-3/4" long x 8-3/4" tall x 1-1/4" thick; weighs 7 lbs. 6 oz. $285  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-3 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" wide x 6-3/8" tall x 1/2" thick; solid oak mount is 9x9" square by 1-3/4" thick; weighs 6 lbs 11 oz. $275  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-4 SMALL Pipe is 5" wide x 5-1/2" tall x 3/8" thick; solid oak mount is 8-1/4" wide x 5-5/8" tall x 3/4" thick; weighs 2 lbs 4 oz. $195  SOLD
ARTIF-PIPE-5 SMALL Pipe is 5" wide x 5-1/2" tall x 3/8" thick; solid oak mount is 8-1/4" wide x 5-5/8" tall x 3/4" thick; weighs 2 lbs 3 oz. $195  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-6 SMALL Pipe is 5" wide x 5-1/2" tall x 3/8" thick; solid oak mount is 8-1/4" wide x 5-5/8" tall x 3/4" thick; weighs 2 pounds $195  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-7 SMALL Pipe is 5" wide x 4" tall x 3/8" thick;  solid log slice of basswood, stained dark brown on front measures 10" wide x 7" tall x 3/4" thick;  picture hanger on the back; weighs 1 lb, 10 oz. $195	ARTIF-PIPE-8 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Square solid oak backing with hanger; 9" x 9" x 3/4" thick 4 lbs 11 oz. $265
ARTIF-PIPE-9 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Oval Solid pine backing with hanger, 13-7/8" x 11" x 3/4" thick 4 lbs 3 oz. $275  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-10 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Square Solid oak backing with hanger,  9" x 9" x 3/4" thick 4 lbs 11 oz. $265  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-11 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Oval Solid pine backing with hanger, 13-7/8" x 11" x 3/4" 4 lbs 3 oz. $280	ARTIF-PIPE-12 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Solid oak backing with hanger 9" x 9" x 3/4" thick 4 lbs 11 oz. $265  SOLD
ARTIF-PIPE-13 SMALL Pipe is 5" x 5-1/2" x 3/8" thick;  Detailed oval Solid pine backing with hanger 13" x 8" x 3/4" thick 1 lb 11 oz. $195	ARTIF-PIPE-14 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Square Solid oak backing with hanger 9" x 9" x 3/4" thick 4 lbs 11 oz. $265  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-15 LARGE Pipe is 8-3/4" x 6-3/8" x 1/2" thick;  Detailed oval Solid pine backing with hanger 19-3/4" x 12" x 3/4" thick 5 lbs 2 oz. $295  SOLD	ARTIF-PIPE-16 SMALL Pipe is 5" x 5-1/2" x 3/8" thick; no wood backing Sturdy Stand with rubber end, mounted on back to set on a desk 1 lb 1 oz. Stock photo QUANTITY: (5 available) $180 ea.

 

PENDANTS (for more polar bear teeth, see also Alaska page 6 under "Teeth", and the "Net Sinkers" on this page for small walrus tooth pendants)
ARTIF-1 ARTIFACT Polar bear head carved as an amulet pendant from a fossil walrus tooth 1-3/4" long x 3/4" wide x 5/8" deep, by Hoover Kingeekuk, Savoonga $105  sold	ARTIF-2 Fossil polar bear tooth artifact with broken hole for pendant; 3-1/4" linear length x 3/4" wide x 3/8" thick $185  sold
ARTIF-3 Fossil polar bear tooth artifact with hole for pendant, 3-5/8" long x 1" wide x 1/2" deep $275 sold	ARTIF-4 Fossil polar bear tooth amulet (broken hole) measures 3-1/2" long x 1" widest x 5/8" thick $180  sold
ARTIF-5 Fossil polar bear tooth amulet (broken hole) measures 4-1/8" long x 7/8" thick x 1-1/8" widest $250  SOLD	ARTIF-7 Fossil polar bear tooth (not an artifact but a fossil) measures 3-1/8" long x 7/8" widest x 1/2" thick $100  SOLD
ARTIF-8 Partial sinker or net weight (newly cut off on bottom), fossil walrus ivory, made into pendant 1000 years ago.  Newly scrimmed & signed by Robert Sockpick, Gambell.  Measures 1-7/8" tall x 1-3/8" wide x 5/8" thick $120
ARTIF-9 Fossil wolf tooth, anciently nerled near top as a pendant.  Measures 1-7/8" long x 9/16" wide x 1/4" thick $55	ARTIF-10 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant amulet.  Measures 2-5/8" long x 1-1/8" wide x 9/16" thick $190
ARTIF-11 Fossil wolf tooth, anciently nerled twice near top as pendant.  Measures 2-1/8" long x 1/2" wide x 1/4" thick $185	ARTIF-12 Fossil polar bear incisor tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 1-5/8" long x 3/8" wide x 3/8" thick $185
ARTIF-13 Fossil polar bear incisor tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 1-5/8" long x 1/2" wide x 3/8" thick $185	ARTIF-14 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 2-3/4" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" thick $400
ARTIF-15 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently nerled near the top as a pendant; measures 3-3/8" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" thick $360	ARTIF-16 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant (hole is broken through); measures 3-1/2" long x 7/8" wide x 1/2" thick $360
ARTIF-17 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant.  SUPERB. Measures 4-1/4" long x 1-1/8" wide x 1/2" tall $600	ARTIF-18 RARE RARE RARE ORCA AMULET Fossil killer whale (orca) tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant.  Measures 4-1/4" long x 1-1/2" wide x 3/4" tall $1600
ARTIF-19 Fossil polar bear tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; cut in half possibly as a net sinker.  Measures 2-1/8" long x 1-1/8" wide x 5/8" thick $180	ARTIF-20 Fossil juvenile walrus tusk, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 3-3/4" long x 3/4" wide x 3/8" thick $185
ARTIF-21 Fossil polar bear incisor tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant.  1-1/8" long $150	ARTIF-22 Fossil Siberian dog tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 1-5/8" long $45
ARTIF-23 Fossil Siberian dog tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 1-3/4" long $45	ARTIF-24 Fossil Siberian dog tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 1-5/8" long $45
ARTIF-25 Fossil Siberian dog tooth, anciently drilled as a pendant; measures 2" long $50	ARTIF-26 Fossil polar bear tooth, sides anciently shaved into facets, very unusual.  Once side started to drill through but not completed, now a half-hole.  Side is split but stable. Measures 2-7/8" long x 3/4" wide x 1/2" thick $150
SEE ALSO Alaska page 3 under TEETH for more fossil & modern teeth, some drilled as pendants.

 

CLUBS
ARTIF-100 Club (fossil sea cow rib bone) is 17" long x 3-1/4" wide x 2-3/8" thick (and weighs 3 pounds 15 oz.); fossil walrus jaw bone display base is 9-1/2" long x 6-3/4" wide x 3-1/2" tall $685  SOLD (value with walrus jawbone base is another $275
ARTIF-101 Fossil whale vertebrae used as a cutting tool & club and/or pounding device; measures 10-3/4" long x 5-7/8" tall x 5-1/8" wide $375	ARTIF-102 Fossil walrus oosik (penis bone) with sharpened cutting edge, primarily used as a club to kill small animals; measures 13-1/4" long x 1-1/2" widest x 1" thick $325 SOLD

 

UTENSILS
ARTIF-200 Walrus ivory, Broken bowl, has been turned into a skin scraper; "hunter's traveling bowl"; Thule period, 1200-1700 A.D.; measures 6" long x 2-1/8" wide x 1" tall $335	ARTIF-201 Wooden spoon; Old Bering Sea culture, ca. AD 1000; 5" long x 1-3/8" wide x 1/4" thick $150	ARTIF-202 Large ladle, made of fossil elk antler; hole for hanging; 16-1/4" long x 6-1/4" wide x 7/8" thick $375	ARTIF-203  Wooden ladle, small hole in handle, 9-9/16" long x 2-7/16" wide x 9/16" deep  $265  SOLD
ARTIF-204 Ladle made from horn and metal, measures 5-1/4" long x 3" wide x 1-1/4" tall $325   SOLD		ARTIF-205 Spoon made of horn, measures 4-1/4" long x 1-7/8" wide x 7/8" tall $285
ARTIF-206 Spoon/ladle, made of wood Linear 8-1/4” long, 9-1/4” following curvature x 1-1/2” widest part of spoon bowl $225
ARTIF-207 Spoon/ladle (incomplete), made from walrus ivory.  Measures 3-1/2" long x 1-5/8" wide x 7/8" thick. $450
ARTIF-208 Bowl, also used as tool.  Walrus ivory.  Measures 4-1/4" long x 2-1/8" wide x 1/8" thick $325
ARTIF-209 Bowl, Old Bering Sea; walrus ivory $600  SOLD
ARTIF-210 Utensil fork, perfect Bone, scrim etching on handle front & back Punuk style from St. Lawrence Island 4-1/8” long x 3/4” wide x 1/8” thick $300

ADZ & HEARTH for bow-drill & fire starter, and BOW DRILL (other adz in the Misc. Tools ARTIF-1600 series, next page)
ARTIF-300 Ivory adz and fire starter weighs 3.4 oz.; measures 4-1/2" long x 1-1/4" wide x 3/4" thick $350  SOLD	ARTIF-301 Ivory adz and fire starter weighs 3 oz.; measures 4-5/8" long x 1-1/2" wide x 3/4" thick $325  SOLD	ARTIF-302 Bow drill handle, fossil rib bone, curved measurement 9-3/8" long x 3/4" wide x 3/8" thick $175	ARTIF-303 Fire starter section, made of bone; 3-1/8" long x 1/4" tall x 1-1/4" wide $20sold
ARTIF-303 Adz handle / Ice tester.  Walrus ivory.  Measures 4-5/8" long x 1-1/2" wide x 7/8" thick $450
ARTIF-304 Thought to be a fire starter, it is now understood to be a bow drill top/base.  Walrus ivory, measures 4-3/8" long x 1-1/4" wide x 5/8" thick $275