Tusk

Museum number:
2-144
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
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 41 centimeters
Comment:
Published: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 249. "Ray (1977): "Two sides of a tusk, one showing a peaceful village scene, and the other, the artist''s interpretation of full-scale Eskimo warfare...The dwellings with drying racks on top were typical of the Norton Sound area. The warfare scene shows a different way of treating the opposing massed forces from that in figure 248."
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957), S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960), S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965), and S1976-1977 #92: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (June 27, 1977–April 7, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 4 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 5 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 6 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 7 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 8 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 9 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 10 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 11 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 12 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 13 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 14 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 15 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 16 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 17 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 18 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Hearst Museum object 19 of 19 titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-144, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; battle scene with men with bows and arrows on one side; scene with igloos, drying racks, etc. on the other side.

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