Hand carved ivory Raven by Alaska Native Artist Leonard Savage of Holy Cross, Alaska

Made from Walrus ivory and painted black with India ink

This very intelligent bird is also a representative of many Alaska Native folklore.

It is a creator, a healer, a harbinger of bad news and much more.

Holy Cross was founded in the late 1800’s by a group of Catholics’. It sits in a small alcove on the banks of the Yukon River in southwestern Alaska