Uelen hunters and artists

• Published in: Études/Inuit/Studies
• Main Author: Bronshtein, Mikhail M.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Association Inuksiutiit Katimajiit Inc. 2007
• Subjects: Chukchi; Chukotka; Études/Inuit/Studies; Tchouktche*; Uelen; Yupik; walrus*
• Online Access: http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/019716ar; https://doi.org/10.7202/019716ar

Uelen is a settlement inhabited by coastal Chukchi and Yupik people who do not only hunt sea animals but also carve their ivory. Archaeological excavations in Uelen testify that ivory carving has existed there at least since the beginning of our era. When whale hunters and traders came in Uelen in t...