Place MadeAlaska (North Slope Inupiat)
Date 1890
Mediumivory (walrus)
Dimensions[H]6 1/2 __[W]1 __[D]3/10
Donor credit lineGift of Elizabeth Lee
Object number2010.60.39
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionMackerel plow (knife, scraper). Flat tool with short key-shaped blade and expanded handle. Decorated on both sides with engraved figures and scenes. Walrus ivory. Images of Arctic fox, eagles, and vaguely anthropomorphic scenes of an animal kill. Inupiaq, Alaska.ProvenanceObjects associated with Captain Albert C. Sherman, his wife Carrie, son Albert Jr. ("Bertie") and daughter Helen. The family brought back souvenirs from a Western Arctic wintering-over voyage of 1895-1897. The donor is the granddaughter of Helen Herschel Paul (nee Sherman), who was born on Herschel Island in 1895.On View
Not on view
1890
Circa 20th Century
late 19th Century-20th Century
Ogilby, John
circa 1982
19th Century
1890
1890
