Wrist guard
- Museum number:
- 2-6790
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020006790
- Alternate number:
- x-2983 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Antler. Oval shape. Design is concentric circles, rawhide bundle in back. Two slits on one edge, one on opposite edge.
- 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
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Worn upon the left wrist to prevent the bowstring from striking it.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 8.4 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-