Handle

Museum number:
2-4123
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004123
Alternate number:
x-269 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other 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
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28.4 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21396; 15-21397.
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-4123, described as For toolbag, one end damaged. Carved walrus ivory with animal head at one end, carved seal heads along top edge, incised wolf-like animals marching on one side, incised caribou and man with sled on other side.

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