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Cribbage board
Native American, Inuit
1875–1925
Object Place: Alaska, United States, Artic
Medium/Technique
Walrus ivory, pigment
Dimensions
57.47 x 5.08 x 4.76 cm (22 5/8 x 2 x 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Marilyn and Selwyn Kudisch
Accession Number1992.460
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsTools and equipment – Recreational
DescriptionWalrus tusk with a carved cribbage board and engravings of walruses around the perimeter of obverse and engraving of an Alaskan shoreline on reverse.
ProvenanceEdward Morrill (b. 1888 - d. 1962), Worcester, MA; 1962, by inheritance to his daughter, Marilyn Morrill Kudisch and her husband, Selwyn Kudisch, Chestnut Hill, MA; 1992, gift of Marilyn and Selwyn Kudisch to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 23, 1992)