Title from image. Photograph of what Mr. Ballew found in hydraulic mining. On the ground at the right of the tusk is a portion of a bison skull. Narrative in photo album reads: "Mr. Bellew found in hydraulic mining." "Mastodon tusk found...
Title from caption. Photograph of J.B. Moore and P.E. Kern standing with three fossilized mammoth or mastodon tusks in front of the window of Mr. Kern's business. Caption reads: "No. 2." "Mastodon Tusks. (Weight 250 lbs. each) Exhumed...
Title from donor notes. Additional donor notes read: "Charlie Ayapana, a Little Diomede man married to a Point Hope woman, was by far the most skilled ivory-carver in town." A small child is peeking around the corner, watching the work.
34 second, color/silent film clip of ivory carvings made by King Island carvers. The items shown include: small animal and bird figurines, dog teams and sleds, a cribbage board, knives, and hunters in kayaks.
55 second, color/silent film clip of an ivory carver cutting, shaping, carving and polishing a piece of walrus ivory. Among the tools used are: saws, chisels, files, and a bow drill that he supports against his chin. The result is two small ivory...
Title taken from caption. "Souvenir presented to President Taft; Photographer, Johnson Photographers # D15." Indexer's note: This is an ivory and gold desk set presented to President Taft.
Title taken from notes. " This is ______. He is cleaning off tusks of walrus which he will carve. I think that is his granddaughter. Property of Leighton Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, MD."
Title taken from verso. Andrew Ooseva cutting piece of ivory for umiak, Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photographer's number McM 13453. May 1961. Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
View of man carving ivory, possibly in northern Alaska, with box of carving tools in foreground and saw and rifle hanging on wall in background. 1960's? Original photograph size: 10" x 8".
Title taken from label on matting. View of cribbage boards carved from walrus ivory displayed at Nome, Alaska. Images on boards include reindeer and sled, people, bears, seals, and walrus. Photographer's number 7916. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B....
Title taken from label on matting. Cigarette holders made from walrus ivory and carved with figures of walrus, seal, and fox displayed at Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 7925. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 8...
Title taken from label on matting. View of knives carved of walrus ivory displayed at Nome, Alaska. Images on knives portray rabbit and bears, and handles are shaped as person, seal, fish, and bear. Also from label: "Nome." Photographer's number...
Title taken from label on matting. Four polar bear figures carved from walrus ivory and displayed in Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 7922. July 1938. Photographer: Ray B. Dame. Original photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8".