Neumann # 393. Folded baleen strips tied with sinew 2-ply cordage. 3 bundles tied together. Baleen stomach skewers tied with sinew placed in blubber bait to kill wolves, Es
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Skewers
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For baiting wolf.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "see Neumann catalog; and INUA p. 103" Second Orig. No.: Neumann #393.
Loans:
S1961-1962 #57: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (April 3, 1962–April 3, 1962), S1965-1966 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (June 1, 1966–June 1, 1966), S1965-1966 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Robert F. G. Spier (June 16, 1966–July 29, 1966), S1966-1967 #102: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (May 3, 1967–May 3, 1967), S1966-1967 #103: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (May 4, 1967–May 4, 1967), S1967-1968 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Nelson Anderson (November 17, 1967–November 17, 1967), S1967-1968 #92: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/John Desmond Clark (February 15, 1968–February 15, 1968), and S1983-1984 #14: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/James Anderson (Hupa) (September 19, 1983–September 26, 1983)