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Object Number
995-29-10/73467C
Display Title
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F)
Descriptions
Object Description
Ivory cribbage board (A) with detachable decorations (B-F) and playing pieces (G). Board made out of a walrus tusk with scrimshaw scenes of everyday life. One side has cross-sectional view of two houses and an igloo with people inside, a seal hunter in a kayak with two seals swimming alongside, a hunter pulling a dead seal, a man ice fishing, and a man with a sled and two dogs. The other side has an outdoor scene with trees and tall grass, a vine motif, and the word "NOME." On the top of the tusk at the narrow end are two small holes where a carved figure in a kayak (B) with detachable oar and a small bird (C) fit. Two short sticks with holes in the ends (D,E) fit in holes in one side of the tusk and support a long stick (F). This configuration gives the effect of an outrigger on the tusk:at. There are eight carved playing pegs (G).
Inventory Description
Carved ivory cribbage peg, bird figure, peg broken
Classification
- Raw Material
- Game
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1960s-1980s
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Walrus ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 3.2 x 1.8 x 1 cm (1 1/4 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
995-29-10/73467C
Provenance
Collector
Dr. William R. Wright
(01/01/1950-01/01/1993)
Donor
Dr. William R. Wright
(10/23/1995)
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