Scene on irregular piece of antler; on one side is man shooting upright animal with bow and arrow, a crawling man, another animal; on reverse are 2 seals (including 1 ribbon), 1 walrus, 1 other animal; darkened and incised drawings.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 15.7 centimeters and height 5 centimeters
Comment:
especially interesting because of portrayal of ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata). This sp. rarely seen. See foto in Walker, Mammals of the World, v. 2, p. 1305, 1968 2nd ed.; also Nelson illustrates a clothing bag made from a ribbon seal on p. 44, BAE Ann. Rep. #18. Cf. 2-179, 180, 187, 197, 213, 554 and 36894 for other examples.