Name/Title
Eskimo Walrus Steins & Ivory Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/337Description
Eskimo Walrus Steins & Ivory Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of three cups, and various ivory tools, displayed laying on table top. Described below.
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 76G 79A, 80J W. H. Case1
Photo 1
2. Stein, made from jaw of walrus.
3. Old Ivory tool, swivel
4. Old Ivory tool, old drill head, holes running through it crosswise, both top and bottom; also a recess for a stone or metal setting in bottom of same. Shows they had some sort of a drill, which worked with a double line.
5. Old ivory pulley
6. Stein made of jaw of walrus.
7. Heavy spear point of stone, ivory shank
8. Stein made of jaw of walrus: settings were not placed in, but are a natural growth, being the small, back teeth of lower jaw of walrus, opening in stein being where tusk grew out. Handle is nature bone growth, making natural formation for drinking.
9. Genuine war club, probably used for throwing.
11. Lone stone arrow head, attached to piece of carved ivory."Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
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Tools, IvorySearch Terms
Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Drinking Steins, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"