Mesh measure

Museum number:
2-36404
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020036404
Alternate number:
16 ? (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Ivory mesh gauge. Made from mammoth ivory. Label on item is incorrect, said "sinew twister.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Eva L. Andrews
Collection date:
1903-1925
Materials:
Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-36404, described as Ivory mesh gauge. Made from mammoth ivory. Label on item is incorrect, said "sinew twister.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-36404, described as Ivory mesh gauge. Made from mammoth ivory. Label on item is incorrect, said "sinew twister.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-36404, described as Ivory mesh gauge. Made from mammoth ivory. Label on item is incorrect, said "sinew twister.

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