Carved Alaskan Cribbage Board

Description

Carved Bone Alaskan Cribbage Board
CARVED MOOSE BONE CRIBBAGE BOARD
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THIS IS NOT IVORY!!!!THIS IS NOT A MARINE MAMMAL!!!THIS IS NOT ENDANGERED SPECIES!!!!!....
IVORY IS MADE OF MAINLY THE STUFF THAT MAKES THE WHITE PART OF TEETH .. THAT MATERIAL IS CALLED DENTIN . IF IT WAS IVORY , A TOOTH OR A TUSK , THERE WOULD BE NO BONE MARROW ...  SEE PHOTOS TO CLEARLY NOTE BONE MARROW IN IMAGES...
THE BOARD WAS CARVED IN ALASKA IN THE LATE 1890'S...
THE BOARD HAS LATER PROVENANCE FROM AN ESTATE IN BOSTON , MASSACHUSETTS
CARVED FROM A BONE TAKEN FROM THE CARCUS OF A HUNTED MOOSE.....
IT WAS CARVED IN THE SHAPE TO APPEAR AS A TOOTH OR TUSK , BUT IS CLEARLY A BONE..
SEE PHOTOS TO NOTE AN IMMAGE OF THE BONE MARROW.
IT IS 100% PERCENT INUIT ARTWORK
IT HAS AMAZING PICTORIAL ART FEATURING A DOG SLED , A MERMAID , AND ,ANY ANIMALS FROM ARCTIC WILDLIFE
DIMENSIONS;
LENGTH : 20 1/2 INCHES
HEIGHT: 1 1/2 INCHES TAPERS TO 1/4 OF AN INCH
DIAMETER:3/4 OF AN INCH TAPERS TO 1/4 OF AN INCH
I AM AN ANIMAL LOVER , BUT IT IS A FACT OF LIFE THAT ANIMALS ARE HUNTED TO SUSTAIN LIFE .... THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF THE NATIVE TRIBES OF THE NORTH USING EVERY PART OF A HUNTED ANIMAL , WITH NO WAISTE
THIS AN AMAZING PIECE , IT IS AN AMAZING CRIBBAGE BOARD WITH AMAZING PICTORIAL ART!!