Snow shovel

Museum number:
2-29365
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1149
Description:
Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.
Donor:
Harold Heath and Ida Shelley
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
1926
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1954
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 31 centimeters and width 17 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: See Acc. envelope #3; see Nelson p. 78 and fig. 22.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Snow shovel, accession number 2-29365, described as Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Snow shovel, accession number 2-29365, described as Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow shovel, accession number 2-29365, described as Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow shovel, accession number 2-29365, described as Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Snow shovel, accession number 2-29365, described as Whale bone (probably jawbone); wide, flat slab, no handle.

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