For drill; ivory with scenes of steamer, sailing vessels, etc. on both sides; rawhide thong.
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
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Part of outfit to make fire and or work wood and ivory.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 43.5 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21391-92.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955), S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 11, 1967–April 11, 1967), S1966-1967 #99: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 27, 1967–April 27, 1967), S1967-1968 #79: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (January 18, 1968–January 18, 1968), S1967-1968 #86: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 6, 1968–February 6, 1968), S1967-1968 #87: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 2, 1968–February 5, 1968), and S1970-1971 #149: Department of Anthropology (Stanford Univ.)/Robert L. Hoover (June 25, 1971–July 9, 1971)