Container

Museum number:
2-1531
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Section of walrus tusk with incised longitudinal zigzags and tree-like designs with cross-hatched bases. Red-stained wood base and lid. Rawhide thong in lid.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Containers (receptacles)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 8 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-1531, described as Section of walrus tusk with incised longitudinal zigzags and tree-like designs with cross-hatched bases. Red-stained wood base and lid. Rawhide thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-1531, described as Section of walrus tusk with incised longitudinal zigzags and tree-like designs with cross-hatched bases. Red-stained wood base and lid. Rawhide thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-1531, described as Section of walrus tusk with incised longitudinal zigzags and tree-like designs with cross-hatched bases. Red-stained wood base and lid. Rawhide thong in lid.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Container, accession number 2-1531, described as Section of walrus tusk with incised longitudinal zigzags and tree-like designs with cross-hatched bases. Red-stained wood base and lid. Rawhide thong in lid.

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