Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; hunters in kayaks and umiaks, 8 cross-hatched whales (?), etc.
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
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 63.5 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 246. "Ray (1977): "Driving birds into a corral, an engraved vignette of the nineteenth century...The engraved scenes...are for the most part sketchy and poorly done, as if by a beginner; but two scenes are especially well conceived: a pod of walrus on ice and this bird corral..."
Loans:
S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965) and S1966-1967 #72: Library Photographic Service, University of California (February 22, 1967–March 21, 1967)