Sinew shredder

Museum number:
2-65796
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
43(1c)33 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3680
Description:
Three pronged, carved ivory point attached to shaped wooden handle with baleen thongs. Old label glued to handle states "Sinew stripper.
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.5 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew shredder, accession number 2-65796, described as Three pronged, carved ivory point attached to shaped wooden handle with baleen thongs. Old label glued to handle states "Sinew stripper.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew shredder, accession number 2-65796, described as Three pronged, carved ivory point attached to shaped wooden handle with baleen thongs. Old label glued to handle states "Sinew stripper.

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