Faunal remains

Museum number:
2-2915
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Long round piece of old bone. (1 tapered, 1 end broken.)
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Faunal remains
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Breathing hole indicator(?). Used in hunting seals through the ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 68 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faunal remains, accession number 2-2915, described as Long round piece of old bone. (1 tapered, 1 end broken.)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faunal remains, accession number 2-2915, described as Long round piece of old bone. (1 tapered, 1 end broken.)Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Faunal remains, accession number 2-2915, described as Long round piece of old bone. (1 tapered, 1 end broken.)

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