Tusk

Museum number:
2-152
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000152
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; Eskimos playing games, caribou, etc. on one side; umiaks under sail, drying racks, etc. on the other side.
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 53.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1966-1967 #72: Library Photographic Service, University of California (February 22, 1967–March 21, 1967), and S1972-1973 #60: Fowler Museum of Cultural History (UC Los Angeles) (March 9, 1973–June 19, 1973)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-152, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; Eskimos playing games, caribou, etc. on one side; umiaks under sail, drying racks, etc. on the other side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-152, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; Eskimos playing games, caribou, etc. on one side; umiaks under sail, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-152, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; Eskimos playing games, caribou, etc. on one side; umiaks under sail, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-152, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; Eskimos playing games, caribou, etc. on one side; umiaks under sail, drying racks, etc. on the other side.

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