Scrimshaw

Museum number:
2-48471
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Accession number:
Acc.2757
Object count:
1
Description:
Carving of a great auk, made from mastodon tusk. This was made by Peter E. Kern for Indian Curio Shop in Skagway, Alaska that he operated from 1896 to 1913. This was made from a Mastodon mammoth tusk found at Dawson.
Donor:
John B. Worden
Collection place:
Skagway, Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Skagway
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Maker or artist:
Peter E. Kern
Collector:
Georgia B. Playter
Collection date:
ca. 1907
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammut (extinct) and Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
June 1, 1971
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 5.7 centimeters and length 5.3 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Scrimshaw, accession number 2-48471, described as Carving of a great auk, made from mastodon tusk. This was made by Peter E. Kern for Indian Curio Shop in Skagway, Alaska that he operated from 1896 to 1913. This was made from a Mastodon mammoth tusk found at Dawson.

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