λ A Raven Flood Totem Alaska carved walrus ivory with red and black staining

λ A Raven Flood Totem

Alaska

carved walrus ivory with red and black staining, mounted,

13.5cm high,

another walrus ivory totem, 13.3cm and an Inuit marine ivory needle, 16.5cm long. (3)

Similar totems were sold through the Nugget Shop, Juneau, Alaska, 1913 - 1938. This one depicts the flood myth of the raven flying to heaven with children in his arms, saving them from the flood.