Engraved Tusk Item Number: 20.894 from the Brooklyn Museum

Description

The walrus tusk is engraved with different scenes, each having its own groundline in space. The scenes include: men netting fish or seal and birds flying above; men hunting bear and deer using spears and bows & arrows; large whale with spume coming out of its blowhole along with several fins in the water nearby; a dog sled; two bears wrestling and a man lassoing a bird.

Credit Line

Gift of Robert B. Woodward