Knot sample

Museum number:
2-20987
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020020987
Accession number:
Acc.982
Description:
Knot sample
Donor:
Catherine McClellan
Collection place:
Klukshu, Yukon Territory, Canada
Verbatim coll. place:
Canada; Yukon; Klukshu
Culture or time period:
Tutchone
Maker or artist:
Frank Smith
Collector:
Catherine McClellan and Dorothy Lee Rainier
Collection date:
1949
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Knots (ropework)
Accession date:
1949
Context of use:
Used for moose snare to be tied to toggle in a moose fence.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
Remarks: Klukshu is in Tutchone territory. See p. XXV and map on p. 17 in "My Old People Say: An Ethnographic Survey of Southern Yukon Territory" by Catharine McClellan.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knot sample, accession number 2-20987, described as Knot sampleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knot sample, accession number 2-20987, described as Knot sampleDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Knot sample, accession number 2-20987, described as Knot sample

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