Iñupiaq
Cribbage Board
Inuit, 1867
Physical Qualities
Walrus ivory, 19 15/16 × 2 5/8 × 1 11/16 in. (50.7 × 6.7 × 4.3 cm.)
Credit Line
John Erikson Collection
Object Number
1955.167.58
with an etched map of the Yukon River on the back, Norton Sound and Siberia on the front, also an etching of hands etching a tusk.
Purchased by John Erikson in Alaska ca. 1900
Darienne Turner, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Arctic Artistry”, July 17, 2022-January 8, 2023.
BMA, Vitrines, May Wing, Summer 1957.
"John Erikson Collection of Eskimo Art," BMA, Dec. 17, 1963 - Jan. 5, 1964.
BMA, Vitrines, May Wing, Summer 1957.
"John Erikson Collection of Eskimo Art," BMA, Dec. 17, 1963 - Jan. 5, 1964.
"Arctic Artistry," BMA Today, no. 168, Spring 2022, p. 7, ill.
Inscribed: white label with red border, red ink, BMA receipt number: '3245-71'.
