Total Pageviews

Friday, November 6, 2015

"Nuguruk": Mass-Produced Collectible Scrimshaw Pin





Vintage template-created scrimshaw brooch pin featuring an Eskimo ice fishing with a Huskie companion scene. The brooch is signed "Nuguruk," a fictitious name invented by a Seattle-based collectible mass-production company because they thought  it sounded Eskimo in origin.  

No comments:

Post a Comment