Scrimshaw cribbage board

cribbage board

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - CRIBBAGE BOARDS
marad; scrimshaw
Comer, George
Canada, Northwest Territories; Canada, Hudson Bay
17.50 x 0 x 0

Cribbage board carved from tusk by Capt. George Comer; swivel lid at large end (probably conceals compartment for the 4 counters, but lid does not open all the way); 12 counting sections each with 10 holes, carved frame around counting sections with baroque curves at short ends, carved in relief at narrow end "HUDSON BAY" and an Inuit running with harpoon, 2 Inuit harpooning sea.

1939.1956