Drag handle

Museum number:
2-6111
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006111
Alternate number:
x-2304 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Carved ivory representing seal. Incised short lines on body.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
2.1 Daily Garb
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
clothing: sewed at one end of belt, at other end there is a loop.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4.2 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-6111, described as Carved ivory representing seal. Incised short lines on body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-6111, described as Carved ivory representing seal. Incised short lines on body.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-6111, described as Carved ivory representing seal. Incised short lines on body.

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