Storyknife

Pretty Girt Students sell a packet containing a hand-carved storyknife, examples of stories, and illustrations. Villagers tell stories and illustrate them with drawings carved in the snow, mud, or sand.

This is confirmed by Molly, a ten-year-old cousin, who comes into the kitchen waving her storyknife at us.

Back when we used the storyknife all the time, qulirat [traditional tales] were readily available.

A Yup'ik Eskimo storyknife was usually made from wood, bone, or ivory by a father, uncle, or grandfather for a young girl in the family.