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Walrus Tusk Ivory engraved with pictures of everyday activities44.34.3

This is a long curved tusk engraved [scrimshaw is a non-Native term for this type of engraving on ivory] with scenes depicting men hunting walrus in boats, scenes of village huts and food preparation. There is a break in it.

Culture
Inupiaq Eskimo
Material
walrus tusk ivory
Holding Institution
Brooklyn Museum
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Cup, Doctor's DrinkingE/1275

TANGIBLE VISIONS. WARDWELL, ALLEN, 1996

Culture
Tlingit: Son Nah Qwan
Material
walrus tusk ivory ?, wood and horn ?
Made in
Son Nah Qwan, Tes Bay, Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Miniature Teapot2741/1 a-nn

Miniature forty piece tea set carved of walrus tusk: teapot with lid (a-b), sugar bowl with lid (c-d), milk jug (e), 4 cups (f-i), 4 saucers (j-m), 4 teaspoons (n-q), 4 knives (r-u), 4 forks (v-y), 4 soup spoons (z-cc), 1 mug (dd), 5 plates (ee-ii), 1 round lidded dish (jj-kk), and a rectangular lidded dish (ll-mm) and platter (nn). Around the tops of the teapot, sugar bowl, jug, mug and lidded dishes is a ring of inlay red, blue and green circles of plastic.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and plastic ?
Made in
Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Chess Game Pieces2697/1 a-ff

Full set of 32 chess pieces, half carved from slate and half from walrus tusk. In each colour there are: one large walrus figure with diamonds around the base of the pedestal (parts a, q); one smaller walrus with bands around the base of the pedestal (parts b, r); two bear figures (parts c-d, s-t); two deer figures (parts e-f, u-v); two igloo figures (parts g-h, w-x); and eight bird figures (parts i-p, y-ff). All of the figures are at the top of a pedestal base. The larger white walrus piece has inlaid black stone in a band around the top of the pedestal and at the centre of each diamond around the base.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk and slate stone
Made in
Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Figure2695/9 a-b

Stone carving of a woman (part a) holding walrus tusk knife (part b). The roundish woman is wearing a heavy coat with the hood down. Her hair is braided back and her carved facial features are small. Her arms are in front and one hand holds a small pointed knife.

Culture
Inuit
Material
stone and walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleA2.364

Rectangular, bar-like piece of yellow-white tusk with rounded ends that curl in opposite directions; hole bored through the centre.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
walrus tusk
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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FigureA2.250

Small, roughly conical brown figure with concentric ridges carved towards the tip and a large hole bored through the base; eight small holes carved in pairs up one side.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
walrus tusk ?
Made in
Coppermine, Nunavut, Canada and Kugluktuk, Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToolA2.197

Small harpoon-shaped piece of carved tusk. One end is large, and the other end is tapered to a point. Rawhide is wrapped around the large end.

Culture
Inuit: Inuinnait
Material
rawhide skin and walrus tusk
Made in
Nunavut, Canada
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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ToggleA2.292

Two rounded, lozenge-shaped pieces of mottled white-yellow and brown tusk; bound together with a leather thong and string.

Culture
Inuit
Material
walrus tusk, leather skin and fibre
Made in
Alaska, USA ?
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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PlaqueA2.243

English letters carved from white tusk; reads: "EACLO [Eagle?] SINUK," and is framed along the top and bottom by a strip connecting the letters. Three short metal pegs protrude from the bottom.

Culture
Inupiaq ?
Material
walrus tusk and copper metal
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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