Ornament fastened to bow of baidarka model. Made of rawhide; white, red and black cotton thread. braided sinew fibers into a short strong cord (L:16 cm) now bent in a U-form; thickened at both ends with small pieces of cloth wrapped in a stomach (or bladder) skin; thin twisted sinew fibers are wound on one side; brown & white cotton threads on. Probably arms of a paddler. See 2-51743 for paddlers with arms of similar type.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Probably arms of a paddler.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
cf. 2-51743 for paddlers with arms of similar type.