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42073

From: Alaska | Point Barrow

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Ah-Rigow-Tig
Object Number 42073
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Point Barrow
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Walrus Ivory | Bead | Seal Claws
Technique Carved
Description

Ice scratcher made of walrus ivory. Carved in the shape of a seal with blue eyes. Large Russian trade bead inserted three quarters of the way down the shaft. Ah-rigow-ti(g). Seal claws at the end.

Length 27.5 cm
Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899

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