Collection Highlights
Tammany Bank
Date:
ca. 1875
Object Number:
1937.1237
Medium:
Iron, paint
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Historical Artifacts
Scrimshaw tusk w/wooden peg: cribbage board
Object Number:
1943.153
Date:
1910-1943
Medium:
Walrus tusk, wood, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 2 1/4 x 25 x 2 3/4 in. ( 5.7 x 63.5 x 7 cm )
Description:
Walrus tusk pierced to make cribbage board. Inscribed and blackened with images of a figure in a kayak, foliage, seals on iceberg-all on obverse drying fish on racks on side, seals lounging on icebergs on reverse.
Gallery Label:
Stuart M. Frank, scrimshaw historian attributes this to Alaskan Eskimo work known as the “Nome School”.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Fanny Shapiro
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
