Name/Title
Cribbage BoardDescription
Carved ivory cribbage board made from an oval, curved tooth that tapers to a point at one end. On one side, in raised letters, is "NOME ALASKA 1904". Above and below are two rows of thrity holes, ten per square. Design at left shows two hide covered(?) conical buildings and boat; at right are two seals on an ice floe and a man in a sw style kayak. Four scenes of walruses and seals on ice floes on bottom. All incised and darkened. Polished.
Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "114 - walrus ivory - cribbaage board"
Reference: Pictorial carving style, ca. 1900, see Eskimo Art, p. 43Dimensions
Width
6 cmLength
56.3 cmDiameter
4 cmMaterial
Walrus Tusk, Ivory