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Object Number
38-44-10/12906
Display Title
Piece of walrus tusk, used in a snow snake game
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved ivory, worked to point, perforated/notched at 1 end
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 14.7 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm (5 13/16 x 7/8 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
38-44-10/12906
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Theodore Jewett Eastman
(1888-1916)
Donor
Mrs. Henry H. Richardson
(1938)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48-6-10/29209 | Snow knife - made from walrus tusk (old) |
Raw Material
Knife |
Northwest Territories
| |
| 93-14-10/49697.1 | Snow knives made from walrus ivory |
Tools
|
Greenland
| |
| 2003.1.2257 | Tusk, walrus, worked, possible scraper end, flat cut other end, cracked |
Tools
| ||
| 2003.1.2255 | Tusk, walrus, worked, blunt blade-like end, 2 grooves other end creating grip |
Tools
| ||
| 88-51-10/50357 | Pick axe blade made of walrus tusk |
Axe
|
Alaska
| |
| 2003.1.2259 | Tusk, walrus, worked, tapered to blunt end, slightly hollow socket, brown |
Tools
| ||
| 2003.1.2258 | Tusk, walrus, worked to point, one end flat cut, other curved |
Tools
| ||
| 34-76-10/3667 | Long stick used in playing game of snow snake |
Game
|
Maine
| |
| 29-26-10/98396 | Walrus tusk, pick |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
|
| 93-14-10/49697 | Snow knife of walrus ivory |
Raw Material
Tools |
Greenland
| |
| 2003.1.2256 | Tusk, walrus, tapered, flattened one side, flat cut end |
Tools
| ||
| 67-9-10/145 | Seam creaser, implement of walrus tusk |
Tools
Raw Material |
Alaska
|