Sinew twister

Museum number:
2-4255
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Alternate number:
x-401 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Tightener used for drawing fast the cord bound around bows.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 10.3 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #451. Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, pp. 292-93.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sinew twister, accession number 2-4255, described as Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sinew twister, accession number 2-4255, described as Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew twister, accession number 2-4255, described as Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew twister, accession number 2-4255, described as Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew twister, accession number 2-4255, described as Made of ivory. Incised chevrons with zigzag fillers on both faces.

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