Ivory - Savage; Raven

Hand carved ivory Raven by Alaska Native Artist Leonard Savage of Holy Cross, Alaska

Made from Walrus ivory and painted black with India ink

This very intelligent bird is also a representative of many Alaska Native folklore.

It is a creator, a healer, a harbinger of bad news and much more.

Holy Cross was founded in the late 1800’s by a group of Catholics’. It sits in a small alcove on the banks of the Yukon River in southwestern Alaska