Handles

Museum number:

2-4107

Permalink:

ark:/21549/hm21020004107

Alternate number:

x-253 (original number)

Accession number:

Acc.167

Description:

For turning drill. Bear teeth connected by short rawhide thong.

Donor:

Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections

Collection place:

Cavia, Seward Peninsula, Nome Borough

Verbatim coll. place:

Alaska; Seward Peninsula; Cavia

Culture or time period:

Alaskan Eskimo

Collector:

Rudolph Neumann

Collection date:

1898

Materials:

Leather

Object type:

ethnography

Function:

1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility

Accession date:

1904

Context of use:

possible handles for drill strap

Department:

Native US and Canada (except California)

Dimensions:

9.5 centimeters

Legacy documentation: