Eskimo and Northwest Coast
Property of various owners
Property of various owners
Lot 1033Y
Two Eskimo ivory cribbage boards length 18 1/2 and 16in
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5 December 2005, 12:00 PST
California, San FranciscoSold for US$881.25 inc. premium
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Both of natural curving form, the largest set at top with separately carved walrus and whale effigies, scrimshaw work displays fish, seals, a hunter and a pair of boots, a post fastened along the side; the other with integral rails carved apart from the sides, scrimshawed to show seals or walruses on ice floes, a hungry polar bear and an Eskimo hunter.
length 18 1/2 and 16in
See illustration
length 18 1/2 and 16in
See illustration