Drag handle

Museum number:
2-1169
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Elongated bone carving (drag handle?) of water mammal with incised dots and slashes. 2 parallel holes top to bottom. May also be a box handle.
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:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
May be box handle
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-1169, described as Elongated bone carving (drag handle?) of water mammal with incised dots and slashes. 2 parallel holes top to bottom. May also be a box handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-1169, described as Elongated bone carving (drag handle?) of water mammal with incised dots and slashes. 2 parallel holes top to bottom. May also be a box handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-1169, described as Elongated bone carving (drag handle?) of water mammal with incised dots and slashes. 2 parallel holes top to bottom. May also be a box handle.

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