Drag handle and cord
- Museum number:
- 2-4264
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020004264
- Alternate number:
- x-410 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Sealskin looped thong through cylindrical ivory carving with 4 encircling bands. Incised zigzags, attached ivory cord attacher. Tackle for attaching cord (remain).
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Pastolik
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Rudolph Neumann
- Materials:
- Hide (collagenous material) and Ivory (material)
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Function:
- 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- 5.4 inches and 4 centimeters
- Loans:
- S1964-1965 #11: The Snow Museum (September 4, 1964–March 17, 1965)
- Images:
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- Legacy documentation:
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