Description
Mammoth tusks preserved in the Arctic permafrost provided a ready supply of ivory. This paperweight shows an Eskimo family and their reindeer.
Conservation
Date
Description
Narrative
3/02/1959
Treatment
cleaned
1/23/1988
Treatment
cleaned
1/23/1988
Examination
examined for condition
Provenance
Tiffany & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.