A whale tooth from a Goodwill store in Ohio… you never know where you’re going to find a treasure.
“I purchased a scrimshaw Walrus tooth at a Goodwill store Ohio. I didn’t know what it actually was. Just thought the tooth was Neat with drawing on it, Then googled and was reading1 This is how I found your site. I was looking at signature and it looks like wwnnnww LoL”
2019-05-13 — Special thanks to Douglass Moody for the following information:
| Special thanks to Douglass Moody for the quick and informative response: ” Naguruk, Nuguruk and Nunuk As per Dorothy Jean Ray in her book A Legacy of Arctic Art, page 148, ” I saw names like “Nunuk” and “Nuguruk” inscribed on pieces at a time when most ivory art was anonymous; few Eskimos in Nome vicinity signed their work, and if they did, they used a binomial… I later learned that these objects were made in Seattle, usually mass-produced from a master engraved on ivory pieces, usually elephant ivory, with a tag “genuine ivory”, which were then sent to Alaska, where customers mistakenly thought they were buying Eskimo-made objects of walrus ivory,” http://www.ahgupuk.com/Naguruk%20Nuguruk%20Nunuk.html Douglass and many other collectors can be found on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/scrimshawcollectorsguild/ Here you can find both artists and collectors of this engaging art. |
Anyone recognize the artist? It’s a great style. Post your responses below if you know, and thanks for looking!