Mouthpiece

Museum number:
2-4093
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004093
Alternate number:
x-239 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For drill. Red-stained coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bow drill mouthpieces
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
also to hold the fire drill shank when starting a fire; could be held with the hand, or if user was working alone, he would hold it with his teeth.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4093, described as For drill. Red-stained coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4093, described as For drill. Red-stained coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4093, described as For drill. Red-stained coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.

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