DepartmentTextiles-United States & Canada
Ikuun
NameScraper for animal skin
Artist
Artist unrecorded
CultureIñupiaq
Daten.d.
Place madeUivvaq and Tikiġaq (Cape Lisburne and Point Hope), ALASKA, United States, within Arctic Circle, NORTH AMERICA
Mediumwalrus ivory
DimensionsL 3.75" x W 3.25" x D 1.5"
Credit LineIFAF Collection, Gift of Benjamin Rogers
Object numberFA.1971.68.3
DescriptionRounded shell with grooves for three fingers at top (four notches - outer left one recently broken off). Indention to place thumb on left hand side of front.Artist unrecorded
ca.1940s
Artist unrecorded
1922
late 17th c