Mammoth - START

MAMMOTH - START

November 1, 1999

The City of Dawson has commissioned five ivory carvings to be set by a jeweler as broaches or pins.

This broach will represent Beringia - the land mass that opened up during the last ice age accross the Bering Sea, allowing the passage of people, mammoths, and other ice age fauna. Dawson was located at the tip of Beringia and was not glaciated. That is why there are so many ice age remains in the Dawson area, including mammoth ivory, waiting to be discovered by the placer miners.

The drawing I have chosen for this carving is by Renaldino, a talented Yukon artist who specializes in portraying Beringia.

Till next time,

Shane

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