Line

Museum number:
2-45470
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020045470
Accession number:
Acc.2740
Description:
Sinew. Plaited sinew cordage with tufts of blue and red wool inserted, 4 pendant carved ivory animals (2 whales, 2 seals). Loop at one end of line.
Donor:
California Historical Society
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1968
Context of use:
Unknown, but possibly made for sale (carvings attached to multipurpose line).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
119 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Line, accession number 2-45470, described as Sinew. Plaited sinew cordage with tufts of blue and red wool inserted, 4 pendant carved ivory animals (2 whales, 2 seals). Loop at one end of line.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Line, accession number 2-45470, described as Sinew. Plaited sinew cordage with tufts of blue and red wool inserted, 4 pendant carved ivory animals (2 whales, 2 seals). Loop at one end of line.

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