Catalog Number
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Catalog Number |
CAS 0005-0018 | |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Carving (man with 4 walruses and 2 polar bears) | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | ||
| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) tusk; Baleen | |
| Description | Carving made from section of walrus tusk that has been flattened on both upper and lower surface and carved on one end to depict a group of three adult and one infant walrus on an ice pack, with two polar bears approaching them from the opposite end; Both bear figures have been carved separately and then been attached with pegs and/or glue to the surface of the tusk; First bear is standing, second bear is seated on its haunches; Situated between the walruses and the bears is a man lying prostrate on his stomach supported by an ice pack; The man faces the bears and his left hand is stretched out touching a duck that is lying on its side; Walruses’ eyes and tips of their flippers and bears’ eyes, noses, and toes are all inlaid with bits of baleen. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.4, Width = 4.6, Length = 31.0 | |