Arrow straightener

Museum number:
2-5862
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020005862
Alternate number:
x-952 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.
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
Object class:
Arrow straighteners
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to straighten bony items
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 17.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: see Nelson, Pl. XL:7 and 2-10897.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Arrow straightener, accession number 2-5862, described as Arrow straightener. Made of ivory. Carving of a caribou. Figure has legs folded underneath. Incised scene with reindeer on one side.

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