Moose scapula, spine cut off black cross marked on both sides.
Donor:
Catherine McClellan and Dorothy Lee Rainier
Collection place:
Aishihik, Yukon Territory, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Yukon; Aishihik
Culture or time period:
Tutchone
Maker or artist:
Chief Albert Isaac
Collector:
Catherine McClellan and Dorothy Lee Rainier
Collection date:
August 1948
Taxon:
Alces alces
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Monkeys and Moose calls
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
November 17, 1948
Context of use:
Used for calling moose. Made by hanging up the bone to dry and then trimming off dorsal ridge. The blade is scraped against a tree during rutting season to attract the attention of a bull moose. The scapula of a cow moose is thought to be best for the
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
References: See #248 in "The Athapaskans: Strangers of the North", (National Museum of Canada, 1974) (xerox in accession envelope).