2-184 (original number) and 2-194 (original number, Original number was difficult to read and apparently this was renumbered to 2-48425.)
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Slab from walrus tusk with drilled holes. Engraved and colored scenes: seals and walrus on top, birds, caribou, fish on underside; black and red pigment.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
1800-1899
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Cribbage boards
Production date:
1800-1899
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Made for sale as gameboard; made for sale to tourists, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 52 centimeters
Comment:
Original no.: "unknown (wrong # 2-184)
Loans:
S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown)