The sides are made one piece of shaped wood; 2.375 in. tall; base fitted in; each side has 3 pieces that are 2.375 in. long in ivory; sewn on with baleen; strip of twisted root across container holds sides in; 6 small pieces of ivory 1.375 in. sewn...
Material: Ivory Culture: Aleut Oval shaped open work carving, open work of bands in inside an oval border. There are three longitudinal bands which are incised, each with one line down its center. There are also two semicircular bands each with...
Accession Number: 260 Description: ivory; carved Descriptive Narrative: Carved walrus ivory figurine in the form of a sea otter reclining on its back with the front paws touching on the sides of the head. The eyes are drilled holes. There...
Material: Ivory Human head, 6cm in size with broad cheeks, carved nose and mouth, drilled holes for eyes, incised lines between eyebrows and for eyebrows, and drilled holes for nostrils. Object is broken off at neck, the ivory fractured on back of...
Material: Ivory Culture: Aleut Human face, oval in shape, thin in cross-section. Face has open round mouth, incised lines on forehead, cheeks and chin suggest tattoos.
Notes: The original "billiken" was a small plaster statue with the inscription "Billiken--God of Things as They Ought to Be," patented by Florence Pretz of Kansas City in 1908. The Buddha-like billiken was adopted as an official "patron saint" of...