Standley’s Ye Olde Curiosity Shop in Seattle-a local landmark still in business on the waterfront at Pioneer Square. This cribbage board was spotted by George Heye in around 1915 at J. The flowering plant, on the other hand, may be a flight of fancy. A SCRIMSHAW WALRUS TUSK CRIBBAGE BOARD LATE 19TH CENTURY Inlaid with brass, engraved with a walrus at the root-end and a scene of whalers attacking a whale. 23 results for ivory tusk cribbage boards Save this search Update your shipping location Auction Buy It Now Condition Item Location Local Sort: Best Match Shop on eBay Brand New 20.00 or Best Offer Sponsored Anchor Eco - Ivory Scrimshaw Cribbage Board Save the Elephant Collection Brand New C 67. The details of each scene suggest an artist thoroughly familiar with his surroundings and able to render them with great accuracy. This cribbage board is exquisitely engraved with images of two species of seals basking on ice floes, a harpoon, and a tiny image of what appears to be a Norton Sound style kayak.

Cribbage boards made from walrus tusks and engraved with images of animals, hunters, and other scenes of everyday life became extremely popular and were eagerly purchased as mementos of an Arctic adventure.

Native artists quickly adapted their traditional skills to meet the demand. Our auctions rooms are open for viewing to the public. But when gold was discovered on the beaches of Nome in 1898 and the town was engulfed by gold seekers-40,000 by 1900-a market developed for Alaskan souvenirs. CHINESE CARVED IVORY CRIB BOARD - 16.5CM (L) Sale Information Terms Collection Bidding History We can provide photos & condition reports upon request to or call us to arrange a Facetime or Zoom viewing. The Inupiaq Eskimo people of Alaska have been engraving realistic images on walrus ivory for a thousand years, most of that time on bow drills made for their own use.

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