Name/Title
CarvingDescription
Oval tooth curves slightly to rounded point. Three clipper chips are stacked on one side, The numbers are incised "570" by top one, and "E NANA:/NU HOY MAIRAI" at bottom. On side is clipper with "SARAH" below. On back bottom is "LAHOLO". All incised and darkened. Polished.
Colors: Yellow, black, and purple.
Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "107 - Carving on walrus ivory"
Reference: "The teeth most prized and valued today are those etched with graphics of specific vessels, definitely identified by their hames." In Scrimshaw, Folk Art of the Whalers (1957) p. 27Dimensions
Height
2.2 cmWidth
6 cmLength
15 cmMaterial
Walrus Tusk, Ivory