Drag handle

Museum number:
2-4494
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004494
Alternate number:
x-640 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory seal's head with baleen nostrils and eyes. Possibly a drag handle.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as a belt/button
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch fig. 257e.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-4494, described as Ivory seal's head with baleen nostrils and eyes. Possibly a drag handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-4494, described as Ivory seal's head with baleen nostrils and eyes. Possibly a drag handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-4494, described as Ivory seal's head with baleen nostrils and eyes. Possibly a drag handle.

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