Cribbage Board with Incised Design

20th century

Object
22 x 2.75 x 3.5 in. (55.88 x 6.985 x 8.89 cm)

This object has the following keywords:

• Arctic - In the context of art and culture, the culture of the indigenous peoples of the northern polar region of the earth, including the Arctic Ocean and the northernmost parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. The term may also refer to the animals, plants, climate, geology, geography, and oceanography of the area.
• cribbage boards - Boards, often long narrow rectangles of wood, for keeping score during the game of cribbage and having holes in the upper surface into which pegs are placed to mark the score and progress of the players.
• incising - The process and technique of producing, forming, or tracing a pattern, text, or other usually linear motif by cutting, carving, or engraving.
• North American - Refers to the cultures of the continent of North America, which is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Circle, and Central America. In classifications schemes based on physical geography, Central America, and North America are parts of the same continent.
• pigment - Any relatively insoluble organic, inorganic, natural or artificial substance that imparts a color to another substance or mixture and always appears as the same specific color when viewed in white light. It is the constituent of paint or ink that provides the color. Distinguished from a dye, which is soluble in the vehicle, a pigment is insoluble in the vehicle, but instead is held in a suspension.
• walrus ivory - Material comprising the dentin of walrus tusks.

• Object Dimensions: 22 x 2.75 x 3.5 in. (55.88 x 6.985 x 8.89 cm)