Shovel

Museum number:
2-6272
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020006272
Alternate number:
x-2465 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Snow shovel. Carved, one-piece, broad, short blade. Red stain, decorative groove around blade. Handle pierced for thong. Made of wood.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Leather, and Sinew (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shovels
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 111 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, pp. 93-99.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel, accession number 2-6272, described as Snow shovel. Carved, one-piece, broad, short blade. Red stain, decorative groove around blade. Handle pierced for thong. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel, accession number 2-6272, described as Snow shovel. Carved, one-piece, broad, short blade. Red stain, decorative groove around blade. Handle pierced for thong. Made of wood.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel, accession number 2-6272, described as Snow shovel. Carved, one-piece, broad, short blade. Red stain, decorative groove around blade. Handle pierced for thong. Made of wood.

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