Walrus Tusk Cribbage Board

This is an Alaskan Eskimo variation of Atlas holding up the world. Here we have a seal with inlaid eyes holding up the sea with ice flows and seals and swimming polar bears, all artfully scrimshawed on a polished walrus tusk. What a husky fellow, that seal. The tusk has a chip on the underside at the open end which has been replaced with an off white filler. It does not show unless the tusk is turned over.

L. 16"

c.1960
Sold #8431



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