Powder measure

Museum number:
2-5957
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005957
Alternate number:
x-2150 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of tooth or immature walrus tip.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices and 8.3 For Manufacturing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
unfinished artifact
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.7 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-5957, described as Made of tooth or immature walrus tip.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-5957, described as Made of tooth or immature walrus tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-5957, described as Made of tooth or immature walrus tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-5957, described as Made of tooth or immature walrus tip.

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