Shuttle

Museum number:
2-2050
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020002050
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Net, made of antler, with incised designs on both faces.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shuttles (textile fabricating tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle, accession number 2-2050, described as Net, made of antler, with incised designs on both faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shuttle, accession number 2-2050, described as Net, made of antler, with incised designs on both faces.

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