Wood. Carved and painted; designs in red and black pigment incised at edges, including encircling bands, triangles and diagonals. Separate round top attached with sinew, cylindrical with bulge at top. Sinew cordage in several places. Original number B614
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kodiak district; Kodiak Island
Culture or time period:
Kodiak Eskimo
Collector:
Russell Wallace Newman
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Quivers
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used in bidarkas (kayaks).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 94.2 centimeters and diameter 10.2 centimeters
Comment:
Photo: 15-21004. Remarks: See: Notes on Koniag Material Culture, R.F. Heizer; Anthro Papers, Univ. Alaska. vol. I, no. 1, pp. 11-24 (p. 23, pl. 1a-c).