Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes

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Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes,

late 19th–early 20th century

Probably Sivuqaq or Iñupiaq
Historic
2021-81

Information

Title
Whalebone engraved with whale-hunting scenes
Dates

late 19th–early 20th century

Medium
Whalebone (probably bowhead)
Dimensions
8.9 × 36 × 5.6 cm (3 1/2 × 14 3/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching, on behalf of Lloyd E. Cotsen, Class of 1950, and Margit Cotsen
Object Number
2021-81
Place Made

North America, United States, Alaska

Culture
Native American, Alaskan Native styles, Inupiaq
Type
scrimshaws, bone
Materials
bone
Subject
boats, hunting, whales

Scrimshaw

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