Cribbage Board
Artist/Maker Happy Jack - attributed
Title

Cribbage Board

Datecirca 1895-1910
Mediumwalrus ivory
Dimensions1 1/2 × 7/8 × 14 in. (3.8 × 2.2 × 35.6 cm)
Object number1935.68.26
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionSmall tusk, monochrome engraved both sides. Recto: (characteristic Happy Jack-style cartoon figure) in a kayak approaching a sea lion on an ice floe; cribbage board of which the central vignette is two fish (salmon) being fished by a line, hook, and weight held by a right hand with cuff and sleeve; circumferential outline map of the Alaska coast (unlabeled; no text). Peg foot; swivel lid of walrus ivory. Two small pegs are removable.
On View
Not on view
2001.100.1602
Cribbage Board
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
circa 1895-1940
2001.100.1451
Nome Alaska 1908
Angokwazhuk ("Happy Jack")
1908
2001.100.1
Housefly cribbage board
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
20th Century
1935.68.31
walrus tusk cribbage board
Komoneseok, Billy "Billiken" (same as Billy Kamoneseok)
1980.44
Cribbage Board
Circa 1913-1914
2001.100.51
Walrus tusk cribbage board
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
Circa 1895-1925
2001.100.1370
Pocketwatch effigy
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk)
ca. 1900-1918
2001.100.672
Nome Alaska
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
circa 1895-1925
2003.20
Nome Alaska 1905
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
2001.100.620
Reindeer / St. Michael's Tusk
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk), School of
Circa 1905
2001.100.1506
Fish cribbage board
Circa 1900-1960
2001.100.2298
Umbrella or Parasol handle
Happy Jack (Angokwazhuk)
Circa 1898-1918

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