Bucket

Museum number:
2-8875
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Accession number:
Acc.261
Description:
Deep elliptical wooden bucket made of driftwood lashed together with whalebone. Two external decorative grooves.
Donor:
Edgar D. Campbell
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Edgar D. Campbell
Collection date:
1907
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Buckets (vessels)
Accession date:
1907
Context of use:
Judging from its size, probably used as a urinal.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
height 13.3 centimeters, width 20.5 centimeters, and length 22.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bucket, accession number 2-8875, described as Deep elliptical wooden bucket made of driftwood lashed together with whalebone. Two external decorative grooves.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bucket, accession number 2-8875, described as Deep elliptical wooden bucket made of driftwood lashed together with whalebone. Two external decorative grooves.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Bucket, accession number 2-8875, described as Deep elliptical wooden bucket made of driftwood lashed together with whalebone. Two external decorative grooves.

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