Brooch
Jewelry
Walrus ivory, oval-shaped with Native kayaker which is carved in it using scrimshaw technique; large gold ingot is inset behind and above kayaker; setting is steel pin with closing clasp, stamped on shaft of clasp is a patent number “2066969”?; small off-white box with lid and cotton padding, on top is printed in marker “Ivory pin Gold nugget, 1957,” in bottom is card “ANAC, ESKIMO, Made in Alaska, Certified by the Alaska Native Arts & Crafts Clearing House” include image of Native kayaker; second small card describing history of skrimshaw.
1993.23.08
Permanent
1993.23
Thelma Moyars
Sister of Ila Scott
Patent Number
On shaft of clasp
2066969 (?)
Alaska
United States of America
North America
AleutEskimoYupik
Native AmericanFirst Nation
Brooch
Pin, Clothing
Clothing Accessories
Clothing
Category 03: Personal Objects
1-1/8 in
1-3/4 in
1/4 in
IvoryGold
WhiteBlack
Ila F. Scott
Sister to Thelma Moyars
Source Notes
Information provided by source.
Collected by Ila F. Scott during her years as a Bureau of Indian Affairs teacher in the American Southwest and Alaska.