Cartridge reloader

Museum number:
2-14021
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.500ZZ
Description:
Reloading tool, two pieces of carved antler hinged together with dowel. Incised floral motif on handle. Not of Eskimo manufacture (probably American whaler's scrimshaw).
Donor:
Carl Westland
Collection place:
Ugashik River, Bristol Bay, Bristol Bay Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bristol Bay; Ugashik River
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Carl Westland
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
December 1931
Context of use:
Cartridge reloading tool for shotgun shells (cf. 2-48377). Found in old bidarka.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cartridge reloader, accession number 2-14021, described as Reloading tool, two pieces of carved antler hinged together with dowel. Incised floral motif on handle. Not of Eskimo manufacture (probably American whaler's scrimshaw).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cartridge reloader, accession number 2-14021, described as Reloading tool, two pieces of carved antler hinged together with dowel. Incised floral motif on handle. Not of Eskimo manufacture (probably American whaler's scrimshaw).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Cartridge reloader, accession number 2-14021, described as Reloading tool, two pieces of carved antler hinged together with dowel. Incised floral motif on handle. Not of Eskimo manufacture (probably American whaler's scrimshaw).

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