Tusk

Museum number:
2-157
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; fish and whales (?) with open mouths and sharp teeth on one side; snared animals, flying bird with fish in claws, swimming caribou chased by kayak 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:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 44.8 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1951-1952 #1: University of California, Los Angeles (March 15, 1952–returned by 1957)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-157, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; fish and whales (?) with open mouths and sharp teeth on one side; snared animals, flying bird with fish in claws, swimming caribou chased by kayak on the other side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-157, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; fish and whales (?) with open mouths and sharp teeth on one side; snared animals, flying bird with fish in claws, swimming caribou chased by kayak on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-157, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; fish and whales (?) with open mouths and sharp teeth on one side; snared animals, flying bird with fish in claws, swimming caribou chased by kayak on the other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tusk, accession number 2-157, described as Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; fish and whales (?) with open mouths and sharp teeth on one side; snared animals, flying bird with fish in claws, swimming caribou chased by kayak on the other side.

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