Story Knife- E. Atchak, Wood & Hide, Cup’ik Style, Various Colors & Designs

Description

Alaska Native handmade large wooden Story Knives fashioned after traditional Cup’ik Eskimo styles (Quc’gutaq) with strips of hide, in various traditional colors and designs using traditional methods (certain colors gathered from specific spots in the region). These knives are used for traditional story telling – children or groups of people would gather around a spot where pictures were carved scene by scene in the ground.

Made by Cup’ik artist Earl Atchak of Chevak, Alaska

Knives usually measure between 11.5-12.5″ long