Powder horn and powder measure

Museum number:
2-1975a,b
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
(a) antler and spruce horn. (b) measure: brass tube with ivory wolf or bear handle.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
(a)— length 13 centimeters and (b)— length 6.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder horn and powder measure, accession number 2-1975a,b, described as (a) antler and spruce horn. (b) measure: brass tube with ivory wolf or bear handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder horn and powder measure, accession number 2-1975a,b, described as (a) antler and spruce horn. (b) measure: brass tube with ivory wolf or bear handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder horn and powder measure, accession number 2-1975a,b, described as (a) antler and spruce horn. (b) measure: brass tube with ivory wolf or bear handle.

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