On the opposite side of the board (shown on bottom) we see a depiction of Nome, Alaska.
Telephone/telegraph poles are visible on each side of the bridge, part of an extensive communication network installed in the region beginning in the 1890s. The two rows of the game board (top of composite photo) flank a suspension bridge to its left are a number of small structures, while to the right of the bridge are depicted soldiers carrying bayonets marching away from a military base. It was quickly adopted by other Inuit carvers, who produced cribbage boards and other pieces for whalers, tourists, and settlers flocking to Alaska in search of gold. Inuit ivory carver Angokwazhuk created this new art form in 1890. It is an example of a hybrid art form created by Inuit carvers who integrated the centuries-old indigenous ivory carving traditions with the scrimshaw carvings associated with American whalers. Labeled “Nome Alaska 1905”, the scrimshaw engravings depict a rapidly urbanizing region. This ivory walrus tusk carved by an unknown artist was used as a game board (cribbage board).
