Physical Qualities
Ivory, lead, fiber thong, 10 1/4 in. (26 cm.)
Credit Line
John Erikson Collection
Object Number
1955.167.61
with finely engraved depictions varied scenes: fish or meat drying on a rack, hunting walrus from a skin boat, hauling out a walrus, throwing bolas, men wrestling, skin tents, and depicts supernatural and transformational beings, and fighting them one with bow-and-arrow and one with a knife
Purchased by John Erikson in Alaska ca. 1900
Darienne Turner, The Baltimore Museum of Art, “Arctic Artistry”, July 17, 2022-January 8, 2023.
Inscribed: none
