Ice scratcher

Museum number:
2-19198
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Ice scratcher used to lure seals to holes cut in ice; wood handle, seal claw tip.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Ice scratcher to lure seals to holes cut in ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. LII #6-11 and p. 129.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-19198, described as Ice scratcher used to lure seals to holes cut in ice; wood handle, seal claw tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-19198, described as Ice scratcher used to lure seals to holes cut in ice; wood handle, seal claw tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-19198, described as Ice scratcher used to lure seals to holes cut in ice; wood handle, seal claw tip.

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