Box

Museum number:

2-3894

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020003894

Alternate number:

x-40 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Object count:

1

Description:

Representing walrus. Three separate sections: carved wood head with inlaid eyes and tusks, central ivory cylindrical sections with engraved flippers. Center of ivory and ends of wood.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Alaska

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

unknown

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Ivory (material)

Taxon:

Odobenus rosmarus

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

Container possibly for sewing materials

Department:

Cat. 2 - North America (except Mexico and Central America)

Dimensions:

length 23.5 centimeters

Legacy documentation: