Oval carved ivory. Engraved and darkened scene on front shows gold miner holding pan with gold nugget inside. Brass pin. Signed on back "Nuguruk.
Donor:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Maker or artist:
Nuguruk
Collector:
Harold J. Murphy
Collection date:
1945-1971
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1971
Context of use:
Tourist curio.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 4.5 centimeters
Comment:
Acc. to Prof. Saradell A. Frederick, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage (1978) this is machine made, prob. in Seattle, by planographic method. The "signature" is to fool the unwary. Cf. 2-45306-07.