Tool

Museum number:
2-61378
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020061378
Alternate number:
7-5539 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.661
Description:
Implement. Modified whale rib. Incised alternating blue and red bands on handle, incised blue and red circle and branch-like designs on one surface. Sharpened tip.
Donor:
Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Context of use:
Dr. Elsasser thinks this is a throwing stick.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 74.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. 23-103.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tool, accession number 2-61378, described as Implement. Modified whale rib. Incised alternating blue and red bands on handle, incised blue and red circle and branch-like designs on one surface. Sharpened tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Tool, accession number 2-61378, described as Implement. Modified whale rib. Incised alternating blue and red bands on handle, incised blue and red circle and branch-like designs on one surface. Sharpened tip.

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