Cribbage Board

Name/Title

Cribbage Board

Description

Carved ivory cribbage board in the shape of a streched-out seal. It has incised and darkened eyes, mout, whiskers, flippers, outline of cribbage holes, and scenes: top - two sleds with lead dogs fighting, two fish. Bottom - two seals on an ince floe with many seals in water. Polished Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "114 (?) - walrus ivory - cribbaage board" Reference: Pictorial carving style, ca. 1900, see Eskimo Art, p. 43

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Dimensions

Width

5 cm

Length

26.6 cm

Material

Walrus Tusk, Ivory