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ITEM NUMBER: AH2090
Pair of Muskoxen Walrus Ivory by Leonard Savage
$300
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Pair of Muskoxen Walrus ivory by Leonard Savage. Leonard Savage is a Deg Xit’an/Athabaskan carver, originally from the village of Holy Cross, in Interior Alaska. Leonard is a prolific carver who specializes in walrus ivory and moose horn.
He comes from an artistic family that includes his late mother, the celebrated doll and basket maker, Ellen Savage (1919-2004), and his sister, Dorothy Savage, known for her birch bark baskets and fancy pin cushions. What sets Leonard’s carvings apart from his Inupiaq and Yup’ik contemporaries is the level of realism he incorporates into his carvings, rather than the sleek stylization associated with contemporary Inupiaq and Yup’ik ivory carving.
This diminutive pair of muskoxen are carved in walrus ivory and mounted on ivory oval bases. Despite their small size, they have been carved with an exceptional eye for detail, with their shaggy fur etched into the ivory and their tiny faces rendered in a realistic manner.
He comes from an artistic family that includes his late mother, the celebrated doll and basket maker, Ellen Savage (1919-2004), and his sister, Dorothy Savage, known for her birch bark baskets and fancy pin cushions. What sets Leonard’s carvings apart from his Inupiaq and Yup’ik contemporaries is the level of realism he incorporates into his carvings, rather than the sleek stylization associated with contemporary Inupiaq and Yup’ik ivory carving.
This diminutive pair of muskoxen are carved in walrus ivory and mounted on ivory oval bases. Despite their small size, they have been carved with an exceptional eye for detail, with their shaggy fur etched into the ivory and their tiny faces rendered in a realistic manner.
PERIOD: Late 20th CenturyORIGIN: Northwest Coast - Athabaskan, Native American
SIZE: 1 1/2"H x 2" each
