Weight or lamp base

Museum number:
2-3055
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.106
Description:
Whale vertebral disc with oil stains; irregular round shape.
Donor:
Ernest Moses
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Ernest Moses
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1903
Context of use:
Might be used for weight to hold walrus hide framework over whalerib house frame, or as base for oil lamp.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
diameter 31 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Weight or lamp base, accession number 2-3055, described as Whale vertebral disc with oil stains; irregular round shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Weight or lamp base, accession number 2-3055, described as Whale vertebral disc with oil stains; irregular round shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Weight or lamp base, accession number 2-3055, described as Whale vertebral disc with oil stains; irregular round shape.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Weight or lamp base, accession number 2-3055, described as Whale vertebral disc with oil stains; irregular round shape.

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