Pick Item Number: 3584/11 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Small toothpick(?) with a tapering point and carved walrus as a finial; walrus has its head raised and forelimbs stretched outward. Eyes and lower half of face are decorated with black pigment(?).

Narrative

Acquired by the donor's father when he lived in Nyac, Alaska, on the Kuskokwim River, from the 1920s to 1960s.