EditorialOkvik, Native American, Winged Object Fragment, c. 300, walrus ivory stained black by mineral (graphite) seepage, engraved surfaces, wooden inlays, 1 3/4 x 3 1/2 x 1 in. (4.4 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm).
EditorialPacific Eskimos. The Chugach. Waterproof jacket of seal or walrus intestine made by the Inuit, 1775-1800. Alaska, United States of America. North America. Piece collected during a Spanish scientific expedition, 18th century. Museum of the Americas. Mad...
EditorialPart of gaming board for "hneftalfl", a game of siege already popular in the Viking Age. Chessmen of baked clay, 15th century. Dice made of walrus tusk, wooden chessman (King). Historical Museum. Oslo. Norway.
EditorialChugach man of Prince William's Sound in conical decorated hat, nose ornament, and labrets of walrus ivory in his lower lip. Nootka man with tattooed brow and nose ring (both from Captain Cook's Voyages). Lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann from Heinri...
EditorialWalrus, Odobenus rosmarus, and West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus (vulnerable). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuvier's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals," Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved...