Engraving
- Museum number:
- 2-9912
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020009912
- Accession number:
- Acc.456
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Walrus tusk slab with engraved, darkened and colored drawings; on curved side are a kayak, an Eskimo cutting up a seal, a duck or goose and an Eskimo spearing a bear; on the flat side are a Lapp boy wearing "star cap" and cartridge belt, 3 reindeer with harness and 1 fish.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Taxon:
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Accession date:
- 1913
- Department:
- Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)
- Dimensions:
- length 27.3 centimeters
- Images:
- Legacy documentation: