Block
- Museum number:
- 2-4293
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020004293
- Alternate number:
- x-439 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Umiak rigging; ivory; hook-shaped "block"; large hole at base. Drilled on one end for attaching. Bag fastener or needle case hook per ACC catalog.
- 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
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.5 Household
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- woman's tool
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 9.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-