Cribbage Board

Datemid 20th Century

Mediumwalrus ivory

Dimensions1 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 11 3/4 in. (4.4 × 2.9 × 29.8 cm)

Object number2002.34.1

Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum

DescriptionSmall walrus tusk, squared sides, monochrome engraved one side only: a seal; a plain cribbage board flanking a Native Alaskan harpoon; the rearing head of a polar bear in the water. Verso: drilled for two peg feet (missing); signed "George Grey". The root end was originally prepared as a chamber with sliding lid, for storage of game marker pegs, but has broken away and the lid is absent.

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