Paperweight

Object/Artifact

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Pardee Historic Home Museum

Name/Title

Paperweight

Description

Carved ivory paperweight, rectangular block has five sides on top; bottom flat. Each end flat. Each side except bottom has incised or darkened scene: Top - hunter in kayak spearing seal. 1 top side: two seals on ice slab. 2 top side: two igloos and two food storage racks?. 1 side: two rabbits and three leafless bushes. 2 side: spear with seal float attached. Each end has bird in leafless tree. Helen N.P. Pardee Collection Catalog: "32" does not correspond with HNPP collection Catalog Reference: pictorial engraving style, c. 1900 Eskimo Art, Pg. 43

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1900

Dimensions

Height

3 cm

Width

5.5 cm

Length

11.1 cm

Material

Walrus Tusk, Ivory