Toy

Museum number:
2-66917
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Accession number:
Acc.3713
Description:
Two leather cylinders, green and white embellished with polychrome stitches. Connected with sinew cordage. Carved ivory handle.
Donor:
Dorothea Leighton
Collection place:
St. Lawrence Island, Nome Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Lawrence Island
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Alexander Leighton
Collection date:
1957
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Context of use:
Eskimo children and adults whirled the two little balls in some manner for fun..." Pump-action toy.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5.5 centimeters
Comment:
References: see letter from donor in acc. env.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 2-66917, described as Two leather cylinders, green and white embellished with polychrome stitches. Connected with sinew cordage. Carved ivory handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Toy, accession number 2-66917, described as Two leather cylinders, green and white embellished with polychrome stitches. Connected with sinew cordage. Carved ivory handle.

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