Collection Highlights
Matthew Perry
Date:
ca. 1855
Object Number:
PR.012.2.787
Medium:
Daguerreotype
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Gavel: ...Pioneers of Alaska...
Object Number:
1934.128
Date:
1900-1907
Medium:
Ivory, pigment
Dimensions:
Overall: 10 5/8 x 4 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. ( 27 x 11.1 x 2.9 cm )
Marks:
engraved: on one side: "Presented to/Bro Wm SULZER/by/THE PIONEERS OF ALASKA/NOME-ALASKA/Sept 10, 1907"
Description:
Ivory gavel with marine scene engraved on obverse of head and dedication engraved on reverse; ivory handle carved with simple turned decoration.
Gallery Label:
This gavel is made from the tusk of a mastodon, which was found near the Arctic Ocean, in Alaska, and carved by an Eskimo. It was given to the donors by the Pioneers of Alaska, in Nome, when he was a guest of that city, Sept. 10, 1907.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable William Sulzer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
