Carving depicting Dancer
by Gary Sockpik, Inupiaq
bone, fossil ivory face, baleen inlays
7 1/4” high x 1 5/8” wide x 7/8” deep
Gary Sockpick is an Inupiaq Eskimo, born in Nome, raised in Shishmaref and Nome, Alaska. Gary's Grandpa, Teddy and his father Davis, taught him how to carve earrings and pendants when he was 12 years old. Living in Shishmaref, he carves bone masks and figurines.
