Walrus tusk with incised and darkened scenes; reindeer herd on one side, 5 bears in pursuit of 2 caribou on the other side; signed "Kakavjook.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Maker or artist:
Guy Kakaryook and Joe Kakaryook
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 53 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965), S1966-1967 #80: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1967–April 14, 1967), S1975-1976 #9: Palo Alto Cultural Center (November 1974–unknown), and S1976-1977 #92: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (June 27, 1977–April 7, 1978)