08/08/09 Sculptor/carver/artist Franklin Matchian, originally from Chevak, now living in Anchorage, made the news some years ago when he discovered an ivory point incongruously embedded in a piece of ancient whalebone that he was carving. The piece was shown to experts and carbon dated, leading to the conclusion that the whale had been harpooned -- and escaped and survived -- hundreds of years ago.

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