walrus tusk
Pinniped facial protrusion
A walrus tusk is one of the elongated upper canine teeth that project downward from a walrus's mouth, used for hauling onto ice, establishing dominance, and defense.
Walrus tusks have been carved into decorative objects and tools by Arctic peoples for centuries: The museum displayed walrus tusk carvings from indigenous Alaskan artists.
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- ivory tradeCommerce in elephant tusks
- arcticOf extreme northern cold
- sealAuthentication stamp or mark
- carvingShaping by cutting away
scrimshaw · native art · polar · polar bear · flipper · whiskers · harpoon · ice floe · sea ice · mammoth · elephant · horn · narwhal · hunting · engraving · pinniped · fang · yellowish
- wildlife tradewildlife trafficking, illegal trade, poaching, ivory trade, rhino horn
- hornsFrench horn, bugle, cornet, hunting horn, post horn
- Arctic toolsulu, harpoon, umiak, snow knife, snow goggles
- ivory substitutescelluloid, casein