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Rare set of eight hand carved Hall Howard Weyahok scrimshawed steak knives
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Category: Knives - Custom - Knives
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Seller: Sapajou
Member Since: 5/22/13
First Name: dominique
State: New York
Country: United States
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Description:
Rare set of eight hand carved Hall Howard Weyahok scrimshawed steak knives: These are in their original box, with 8 different scenes on the handles. Howard Weyahok,(1911-1976) was a renowned Unupiat Alaskan artist, famous for Alaskan scenes and wildlife of all sort on different surfaces. This set happen to be on knives, although he did many scrimshaw items on tusk, ivory, animal hides, etc. He was also known as Howard Rock (Weyahok means Rock). Besides being a famous artost, he was also involved in the Unupiat community as an activist, publisher and editor, In 1974, he was voted Alaskan of The Year and his "Tundra Times" newspaer was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for journalism. Each knife is signed "Howard Weyahok" in scrimshaw, just under each scene. Each knife is 8 3-/8" long, the case size is 9.5" X 5-3/4" and 1-34" tall. The clear top cover has a small crack in the middle bottom edge as seen in the picture. Each scene is different ranging from a group of fishing-hunting boats, one has a sail. The second knife is men in kayaks and ice flow. The third is kayak scene with a man throwing spear at a seal.The fourth depicts a Caribou and young with bushes between them. The fifth is a hunter dragging a seal on the ice. The sixth is a house on stilts in the pines. The seven represent a sled and dogs. Finally, the eighth is a sled being pulled by Caribou. I believe the handle material is Bakelite.
Howard was from Tagara,(Point Hope) Alaska, which is one of the most typical native village in the Arctic. He was also well known for his scenes of Eskimo life engraved and carved in ivory. In all his work,he was able to catches the true spirit of the far North and its people. This set of steak knives dates back to the 1950s.$300.00 postpaid.
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