Title

Scenes of Life

Mediumwalrus ivory, metal, silk

Dimensions2 3/4 × 18 1/4 × 1 5/8 in. (7 × 46.4 × 4.1 cm)

Object number1980.2

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionMonochrome engraved one side only with engraved captions and polychrome highlights. Vignettes of life (ostensibly Chukchi), left to right: Dogsled, with five dogs and one human passenger, labeled "The e's Dogsteam"; wood-frame hut with fish rack, adult (holding a ski pole or implement), and child, labeled "At Home"; woman with an American flag raised over her head, with a flower on a huge leafy stem; polar bear on the ice, facing a hunter with a lance, bird in flight, huts in background, labeled "The e and the Bear". Crowned with silver-metal caps and rings on both ends, with a silken cord tied to each ring. Not work.

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