Wedge

Museum number:
2-1167
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Small ivory slab, rectangle with central perforation.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For sinew backed bow.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.7 centimeters and width 2.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 2-1167, described as Small ivory slab, rectangle with central perforation.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 2-1167, described as Small ivory slab, rectangle with central perforation.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Wedge, accession number 2-1167, described as Small ivory slab, rectangle with central perforation.

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