Drag handle and cord

Museum number:
2-1682
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice. Probably made by same carver as 2-1694.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 3.7 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Nelson, pp. 172-73 and Pl. LXVI.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1682, described as Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1682, described as Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1682, described as Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1682, described as Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1682, described as Ivory mythological animal with zigzag bands, sea mammal in low relief on underside. Probably archaeological. Looped seal cord.

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