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| Catalog Number | CAS 0005-0002 | |
| Category | Carvings; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Vase | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Carved ivory vase with oval, funnel-shaped body on a round base; Stem has spiral design carved into it. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 17.5, Rim Diam = 5.0, Max Diam = 5.1 |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0005-0003A,B |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Ivory carving (Charlie Chaplin) | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. 1930 | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory; Metal | |
| Description | 3-dimensional carving of Charlie Chaplin in standing pose with arms at his sides and holding small detachable cane in his right hand; Feet are carved separately and attached with metal pins. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 20.4, Width = 6.2, Depth = 7.8 |
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CAS 0005-0004 |  |
| Category | Raw Materials | |
| Object Name | Walrus tusk, fossilized | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: fossilized walrus tusk | |
| Description | Polished fossil walrus tusk. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 6.4, Thickness = 4.2, Length = 41.1 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0005-0005 |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Cribbage board | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.6, Width = 4.3, Length = 48.7 |
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CAS 0005-0007 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Ivory implement | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Linear ivory piece that is flat on one side, rounded on the other, one end is ground to a semi point, the other end is rounded. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.0, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 7.4 | |
| Catalog Number | CAS 0005-0010 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Vase | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Carved vase composed of 3 pieces of ivory, body is polished with a line etched below an undulating rim; Stem has a cross-hatch design; The base is polished and rectangular in shape. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 12.7, Width = 6.7, Depth = 3.5, Max Diam = 5.7 |
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CAS 0005-0013 |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Cribbage board | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Antler | |
| Description | Moose antler with carved and polished surface; "YUKON" is etched into the polished surface; Holes for cribbage pegs are drilled into one side of polished area and onto one tang. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 5.5, Width = 29.9, Length = 23.2 | |
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CAS 0005-0015 |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Storyboard / scrimshaw | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | late 1800s | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: walrus tusk; Ink | |
| Description | Story board fashioned from a long section of walrus tusk that has been carefully cut to a thin, rectangular shape; Each face of the story board is divided into two parallel registers that run the entire length of the board; Each register is filled with a variety of scrimshaw designs; Lightly incised and inked figures include men in sleds pulled by reindeer and dogs, hunting scenes, reindeer roundups, men in boats, and various land and water animals and birds shown individually or in groups, sometimes as prey and sometimes as predator; Only one large animal (a wolf or a dog) shown in the center on one face of the board breaches the the line separating the registers. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 2.5, Length = 35.0 | |
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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 | |
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| Other Geographic Data | unknown | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | ca. early 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: walrus 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 | |
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CAS 0005-0019A,B |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Thimble with holder | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | A: Hide; B: Ivory | |
| Description | Hide thimble with carved ivory holder; Holder has proximal end carved in the shape of a mitten with etched design on its back; Distal end of holder has slot carved into it for holding hide thimble. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = A=2.9; B=1.0, Thickness = A=0.6; B=0.5, Length = A=3.6; B=7.3 | |
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CAS 0005-0023A-D |  |
| Category | Carvings; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Toggles / fasteners / ivory carvings (4 seals) | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Four toggles / fasteners, each consisting of ivory carved in the shape of a seal with two holes drilled in bottom that connect with single hole in the top. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = A=1.3; D=1.4, Width = A=1.7; D=1.7, Length = A=4.8; D=5.1 | |
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CAS 0005-0024 |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Ivory carving (seal) | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Small carved seal with black eyes. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 1.3, Width = 1.7, Length = 5.0 | |
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CAS 0005-0025 |  |
| Category | Weaponry | |
| Object Name | Harpoon head | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Carved from one piece of ivory with a hole drilled through the main body and one in the proximal end for mounting. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 0.9, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 6.7 | |
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CAS 0005-0026 |  |
| Category | Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Spear point | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | ||
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.4, Thickness = 0.7, Length = 10.0 | |
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CAS 0005-0027 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Pocket knife | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory; Bone | |
| Description | Pocket knife with ivory handle carved in form of a fish and thin bone blade. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.1, Thickness = 0.5, Length = 5.7 | |
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CAS 0005-0028 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Tools & Implements | |
| Object Name | Pocket knife | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory | |
| Description | Pocket knife with two blades; Oval shaped, carved ivory handle with ivory blade attached to each end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 1.1, Thickness = 0.6, Length = 5.5 | |
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CAS 0005-0029A,B |  |
| Category | Bead & Leatherwork | |
| Object Name | Mukluks | |
| Culture | North Alaskan Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
| County | unknown | |
| Other Geographic Data | Northwest Alaska | |
| Maker's Name | Unknown | |
| Date of Manufacture | early to mid 1900s | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Seal skin; Sinew | |
| Description | Pair of infant's high-topped mukluks with single piece sole creased on toes and heels; Boot and upper portions of mukluks made from triangular piece of de-haired sealskin covering front of foot and larger piece forming heel and extending above ankle and sewn up the front; Leg opening is framed by band of bleached sealskin and fitted with sinew drawstring; Bleached laces attached to sides of sole. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 10.6, Width = 4.0, Length = 8.0 | |
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CAS 0005-0030 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Vessels | |
| Object Name | Bowl | |
| Culture | Eskimo | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Wood; Baleen | |
| Description | Oval shaped container with bent baleen sides and wooden bottom; Side joint held together with baleen strips. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Height = 7.0, Width = 9.5, Length = 14.0 | |
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CAS 0005-0031 |  |
| Category | Carvings | |
| Object Name | Souvenir (incised tusk) | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: walrus tusk | |
| Description | Walrus tusk with etching of an Eskimo on an ice flow harpooning a walrus; "San Francisco 1915" also etched into tusk; Hole drilled in distal end. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.0, Thickness = 2.5, Length = 27.2 | |
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CAS 0005-0032 |  |
| Category | Carvings; Visual Arts | |
| Object Name | Scrimshaw (walrus tusk) | |
| Culture | Native Alaskan | |
| Global Region | North America | |
| Country | USA | |
| State/Prov./Dist. | Alaska | |
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| Date of Manufacture | 1915 | |
| Collection Name | Liebes Collection (Native Alaskan) | |
| Materials | Ivory: walrus tusk | |
| Description | Walrus tusk scrimshawed with etching of a light house and buildings; "San Francisco 1915" also etched into tusk. | |
| Dimensions (cm) | Width = 4.3, Thickness = 2.4, Length = 17.9 | |
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