Carved Tusk Of Walrus Ivory
date: label: Accession Date
content: 22 Jan 1957
name: label: Collector
content: Adm Edward D. Jones
label: Donor Name
content: Mrs. Edward D. Jones
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Openwork carving of an entire tusk in joined and paneled representations of fish and mammals, the latter mostly with open mouths on the hunt; terminating at tip of tusk in the extended tail of a mammal, and at base in a school of fishes (salmon) and one seal. (detached flipper of fish in basal end panel secured with ivory peg.) Illus.: Hndbk. N. Amer. Ind., Vol. 5, Arctic, fig. 1, pg. 211."
label: Notes
content: Carved walrus tusk, Nunivak Island, Alaska, ca. 1929, walrus ivory, black and red ink.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 14 Aug 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 213544
label: USNM Number
content: E394454-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving