Fastening rod

Museum number:
2-943
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Probably fastening rod for woman's workbag.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1976-1977 #92: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (June 27, 1977–April 7, 1978)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 2 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 3 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 4 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 5 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 6 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Hearst Museum object 7 of 7 titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Fastening rod, accession number 2-943, described as For workbag, elongated curved ivory sea lion with set in ears and eyes, open red-stained mouth, single slit. Ivory carved and incised.

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