这本由阿拉斯加土著和加拿大因纽特人艺术家创作的优秀作品集在彰显北极历史和文化的同时，颂扬了他们的创造力和技能。

艺术家、冒险家和收藏家托马斯·福勒（Thomas G. Fowler）用用一生的时间收集了一批来自北极地区的土著艺术家的丰富多样的作品。他的灵感来自于 "yua "这个概念，即认识到包括物品在内的一切都有独特的内在本质或精神。他收藏的作品体现了这一观点，并突出了制作它们的原材料--海象牙、鲸鱼骨、浮木和石头。他的作品可以追溯到公元前300年至21世纪，他的收藏包括意用于使用和欣赏的物品：器皿、武器、舞蹈仪仗、皮划艇模型、装饰性的管子和克里布板。此外，它还包括当代艺术家亚伯拉罕·安希克·鲁本（Abraham Anghik Ruben）、大卫·鲁本·皮克图昆（David Ruben Piqtoukun）、朱达斯·乌鲁拉克（Judas Ullulaq）和苏西·西鲁克（Susie Silook）等人创作的混合媒介雕塑。本书用彩色插图突出了八十件物品，探讨了与北美北极地区有关的各种主题：白令海峡的古老文化、阿拉斯加西北部有历史意义的生活方式、尤皮克舞蹈的精神特质以及收藏北极艺术作品的历史。本书将艺术史和人类学文章与现代艺术家和学者生动的个人描述相结合，探讨了北极生活的美学以及精神与世俗的交织性质。

This superb collection of works by Native Alaskan and Canadian Inuit artists celebrates their creativity and skill while highlighting the history and culture of the Arctic.

Over the course of his life, artist, adventurer, and collector Thomas G. Fowler gathered a rich and diverse group of works by Native artists from the Arctic. He was inspired by the concept of yua, a recognition that all things, including objects, have a unique inner essence or spirit. The works in his collection embody this view and highlight the raw materials used to make them—

walrus tusk, whale bone, driftwood, and stone. With works dating from 300 BCE to the 21st century, his collection includes objects meant to be used and admired: utensils, weapons, dance regalia, kayak models, decorative pipes, and cribbage boards. It also features mixed-media sculptures by contemporary artists such as Abraham Anghik Ruben, David Ruben Piqtoukun, Judas Ullulaq, and Susie Silook. With color illustrations highlighting eighty objects, this book explores a variety of topics relating to the North American Arctic region: the ancient cultures of the Bering Strait, historic ways of life in northwestern Alaska, the ethos of Yup’ik dance, and the history of collecting Arctic art. Combining art historical and anthropological essays with lively, personal accounts from modern artists and scholars, this volume explores the aesthetics of Arctic life and the interwoven natures of the spiritual and the quotidian.