The Ivory Carver

The Ivory Carver

When I was about 14, I wandered into a shop in Anchorage and there was an Inuit man demonstrating the use of a traditional bow drill.

I never forgot his name, ‘Romeo.’ something. 

I watched him expertly use the drill, carving a piece of ivory.

I thought it was amazing. 

Made from walrus ivory by Leonard Savage