Scrimshaw Sperm Whale Tooth
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CURVED WHALE TOOTH HAS SCRIMSHAW WHALING SCENE ON ONE SIDE. IN THE FOREGROUND IS A SCENE OF 6 MEN IN A SKIN BOAT ATTACKING A WHALE. THE BACKGROUND HAS 2 OTHER SHIPS FLANKING THE SKIN BOAT IN THE CENTER. CONDITION: SOCKET END OF TOOTH HAS STICKER "1" AFFIXED TO IT. ANOTHER STICKER IS ON UNDECORATED SIDE. HIGHLY POLISHED W/ SOME CRACKS AT BOTH ENDS. ACCORDING TO APPRAISER, SCRIMSHAW SCENE LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE THE WORK OF PETER MAYAC, INUPIAT ESKIMO OF KING ISLAND, NOW DECEASED.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E427949-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Artwork
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 14.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 5 cm