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Iñupiaq engravings
The Iñupiat 
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This website features ivory tools decorated with pictorial engravings. They were made by the Iñupiat of north Alaska during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The scenes show Iñupiaq daily activities in minute and engaging detail.

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