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Walrus Ivory Tusk Cribbage Board
Melvin Seppiluu Yupik scrimshawed walrus ivory tusk cribbage board with baleen. Comes with four pegs. Signed Melvin Savoongaak 99769. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Yupik, Native American
SIZE: 1.3 pounds, 17 1/2" x 2".
Melvin Seppiluu Yupik scrimshawed walrus ivory tusk cribbage board with baleen. Comes with four pegs. Signed Melvin Savoongaak 99769. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Yupik, Native American
SIZE: 1.3 pounds, 17 1/2" x 2".
$1,050.00
Original: $3,000.00
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$3,000.00
$1,050.00Description
Melvin Seppiluu Yupik scrimshawed walrus ivory tusk cribbage board with baleen. Comes with four pegs. Signed Melvin Savoongaak 99769. These carvings were usually small carvings from walrus ivory, representing local animals and Inuit themselves, going about everyday life. Seals, caribou, polar bears, birds, and other animals important to Inuit’s survival were often represented.
PERIOD: 20th Century
ORIGIN: Arctic - Yupik, Native American
SIZE: 1.3 pounds, 17 1/2" x 2".
