Pen holder and nib

Museum number:
2-69130a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm210269130a@2cb
Accession number:
Acc.4555
Description:
a) Ink pen holder, made of ivory with a tapered cylinder with totem pole-like carving. Slot for nib at the bottom. b) Nib, made of brass. Estabrook #2 point.
Donor:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection place:
Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Western Alaska
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Collector:
Valene Smith McIntyre
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works) and Totem poles
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
a)— diameter 1 centimeters, a)— length 15 centimeters, and b)— length 3.1 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pen holder and nib, accession number 2-69130a,b, described as a) Ink pen holder, made of ivory with a tapered cylinder with totem pole-like carving. Slot for nib at the bottom. b) Nib, made of brass. Estabrook #2 point.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pen holder and nib, accession number 2-69130a,b, described as a) Ink pen holder, made of ivory with a tapered cylinder with totem pole-like carving. Slot for nib at the bottom. b) Nib, made of brass. Estabrook #2 point.

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