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Duration: Disc 1: 73 minutes, 47 seconds. Disc 2: 73 minutes, 19 seconds. Artists: Clifford Apatiki, Jerome Saclamana, Levi Tetpon. Filmed at the Anchorage residency from March 30 to April 3, 2015 and at the Nome workshop from August 22-23, 2015. DVD. Disc 1: Introduction -- Meet the artists & students -- Studying a historic bowl -- Materials -- Cutting ivory Disc 2: Tools -- Designing a figure -- Shaping ivory -- Sanding -- Adding details -- Project : whale's tail This film shows Alaska Native artists and students sculpting ivory and their use of baleen and ocher in traditional style using hand tools and modern equipment. Includes historical archival film footage and photographs. 2 videodiscs (147 min., 6 sec.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in