Place MadeAlaska (North Slope Inupiat)
Date 1890
Mediumivory
Donor credit lineGift of Elizabeth Lee
Object number2010.60.42
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionIvory carving. Marine mammal rib bone, incised and monochrome pigmented on both sides. On one side, images of geese and other birds; on the other side, shoreside vignettes of Native life. 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
1890
early 20th Century
1890
Circa 1920-1930
19th Century
Komoneseok, Billy "Billiken" (same as Billy Kamoneseok)
