Unknown

Blue Collection

c. 1937

This image is of a young Native boy, identified as Arthur Abkinga from Diomede Island and attending Eklutna Vocational School, using a bow drill as he demonstrates ivory carving skills and displays carved items at his exhibit table at the Matanuska Valley Fair. The boy stands in foreground at left center dressed in a traditional fancy skin parka. On the table directly in front of him sit his vise, hacksaw, eggbeater drill, files and other carving tools. At right foreground is another table laden with finished carved ivory items. Partly visible directly behind the boy are blankets and decorative fabric items created by other Eklutna school students.

Palmer, Alaska

Black & White paper print, 3-1/2" x 5-3/4"

Eklutna Boy#1x-Blu