Sling

Museum number:
2-4309
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-455 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Rawhide.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Mouth of Yukon River, Lower Yukon, Yukon
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon; Mouth of Yukon River
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
October 1986
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For throwing stones to kill birds.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
References: Nelson p. 134.
Loans:
S1966-1967 #10: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque (September 29, 1966–September 11, 1967)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Sling, accession number 2-4309, described as Rawhide.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Sling, accession number 2-4309, described as Rawhide.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sling, accession number 2-4309, described as Rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sling, accession number 2-4309, described as Rawhide.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sling, accession number 2-4309, described as Rawhide.

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