Pair of Scrimshaw Walrus Tusks, late 19th century, the front surfaces engraved and inked with series of images, the first with a figure of a young man with a rake, a woman with a basket, a sailor with an American flag, a Native American woman with a spear; the second with a woman holding a sickle and sheaf of wheat, a young man with pipe and leaping dog, a seated girl with mastiff and a Native American man; both further engraved top and sides with flowering vinery and both drilled at the tip.
Length 18 ½ in. Each
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