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Three Walruses
Three Walruses
Product #:
8067
Brand:
Ray
Description:
19th Century Naturalist
Edward Nelson Recounts about the
walrus
:
"To many of the Eskimo, especially on the Arctic shores, this animal is of almost vital importance and upon Saint Lawrence Island, just south of Bering Straits, over eight hundred Eskimo died in one winter, owing to their missing the fall Walrus hunt.
To these northern people this animal furnishes material for many uses. Its flesh is food for men and dogs; its oil is also used for food and for light in oil lamps and heating the houses. Its skin when tanned and oiled makes a durable cover for their large skin boats; its intestines make waterproof clothing, window-covers, and floats.
Its tusks make lance or spear points or are carved into a great variety of useful and ornamental objects, and its bones are used to make heads for spears and other purposes.
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This scene of three walruses is a scrimshaw work-of-art on a piece of fossilized walrus ivory tusk that had been used as an ancient ice ax. It is in a hand-made bracket sitting atop a custom Black Walnut base. Created by master scrimshander, Ray Caruso, this extraordinary drawing will serve to remind you of these massive flippered marine mammals with prominent tusks, whiskers and great bulk.
Price:
$1,400.00
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Price:
$1,400.00
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