Engraving

Museum number:
2-36894
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020036894
Alternate number:
575 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.374
Description:
Ivory engraved piece; 3 walruses and 2 seals and 4 boats on one side, Eskimo killing seals, umiaks, etc. on other side. Made of walrus ivory.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1909
Context of use:
Novelty.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 20.2 centimeters
Comment:
especially interesting because of portrayal of ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata). This sp. rarely seen. See foto in Walker, Mammals of the World, v. 2, p. 1305, 1968 2nd ed.; also Nelson illustrates a clothing bag made from a ribbon seal on p. 44, BAE Ann. Rep. #18. Cf. 2-179, 180, 187, 197, 213, 554 and 564 for other examples.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36894, described as Ivory engraved piece; 3 walruses and 2 seals and 4 boats on one side, Eskimo killing seals, umiaks, etc. on other side. Made of walrus ivory.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36894, described as Ivory engraved piece; 3 walruses and 2 seals and 4 boats on one side, Eskimo killing seals, umiaks, etc. on other side. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36894, described as Ivory engraved piece; 3 walruses and 2 seals and 4 boats on one side, Eskimo killing seals, umiaks, etc. on other side. Made of walrus ivory.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Engraving, accession number 2-36894, described as Ivory engraved piece; 3 walruses and 2 seals and 4 boats on one side, Eskimo killing seals, umiaks, etc. on other side. Made of walrus ivory.

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