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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0370-0450   CAS 0370-0450; Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Category Carvings; Visual Arts
Object Name Scrimshaw (whale tooth)
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County unknown
Other Geographic Data unknown
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture ca. 1960
Collection Name Elkus Collection (Native American)
Materials Ivory: sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) tooth; Ink
Description
Dimensions (cm) Height = 2.3, Width = 1.6, Length = 11.1