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Description: | A cribbage board and two pegs, carved from a walrus tusk with a polar bear, walrus head, and three seals carved in relief. There is a compartment for pegs at the end. The base is engraved with a map of the coastline from St Michael Island, Alaska, to the mainland, inscribed with the place names 'CAPE PRINCE OF WAELS, YORK, TELLER, SALT LAKE, TISSYE RIVER, SINUK, CREPPLE RIVER, PENNY RIVER, NOME, NOME RIVER, PORT SAEFTY, SOLOMON, BLUFF, COLOVIN BAY, NORTON BAY, SHATOLIK CNALAKEE T, ST MICHAEL.' Eskimo work. This style of carving was developed to meet demand created by the Gold Rush and is strongly influenced by whalers carving.
Acquisition date based on the earliest sighting by Rina Prentice. One peg missing. The other two numbered .1.and.2.
caption: Cribbage board | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | polar scrimshaw animal: mammal: walrus cribbage boards animal: mammal: seal animal: mammal: bear | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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