Carving

Name/Title

Carving

Description

Oval tusk curves slightly rounded at one end. Incised and darkened on one side is depicted a full-length standing woman with a table behind her containing a vase of flowers. There is a tree at her right. Polished. Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "107 - Carving on walrus ivory" Reference: Clothing style stuggests 1880s. May be Eskimo (Alaska Native) work, copied from a magazine. Whaler's working from approximately 1825 - 1865, also copied from magazines.

Dimensions

Width

3.4 cm

Length

12.9 cm

Diameter

3.1 cm

Material

Walrus Tusk, Ivory