Dipper

Museum number:
2-24
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000024
Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Water dipper, mountain sheep horn, inlaid with haliotis; engraved and darkened scene inside bowl rim of walrus and caribou hunting; handle shows hunter with bow and arrow and reindeer; two pieces haliotis inlaid in handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Haliotis and Ovis canadensis
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, pp. 101-02.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 2-24, described as Water dipper, mountain sheep horn, inlaid with haliotis; engraved and darkened scene inside bowl rim of walrus and caribou hunting; handle shows hunter with bow and arrow and reindeer; two pieces haliotis inlaid in handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 2-24, described as Water dipper, mountain sheep horn, inlaid with haliotis; engraved and darkened scene inside bowl rim of walrus and caribou hunting; handle shows hunter with bow and arrow and reindeer; two pieces haliotis inlaid in handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dipper, accession number 2-24, described as Water dipper, mountain sheep horn, inlaid with haliotis; engraved and darkened scene inside bowl rim of walrus and caribou hunting; handle shows hunter with bow and arrow and reindeer; two pieces haliotis inlaid in handle.

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