Carved Tusk
date: label: Accession Date
content: 19 Jan 1987
label: Collection Date
content: Dec. 1965
name: label: Collector
content: Howard Wighton
label: Donor Name
content: Marguerite A. Wighton
notes: label: Notes
content: CARVED AND ETCHED IVORY TUSK, MADE FOR COMMERCIAL SALE. CARVED FISH WITH OPEN MOUTH AT POINTED END, REMAINDER OF SURFACE IS SMOOTH AND POLISHED, WITH ETCHED DECORATION IN BLACK AND (SOME) RED. ON ONE SIDE ARE REALISTIC PICTORIAL SCENES OF KAYAKS, SEALS, WHALING, WITH MORE STYLISTICALLY EARLY "STICK" FIGURES (DANCE SCENE, WITH HOUSES, SLEDS, DRYING RACKS, CARIBOU HUNT) UP ABOVE. ON OTHER SIDE IS A REALISTIC RENDERING OF THE NORTH ALASKA COASTLINE, WITH GEOGRAPHIC POINTS MARKED. SAID TO BE CARVED BY CHARLES MAYAC, KING ISLAND ALASKA INUPIAQ, BEFORE 1965.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Feb 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 368979
label: USNM Number
content: E424329-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Carving
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 53.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 7 cm