Snow beater (?); polished piece of wood, possibly basswood, spatulate-shaped at one end, pointed opposite end.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; North America
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo, Canadian cultures, and Copper Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
1901
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
The snow duster, used for beating the snow from the clothes immediately before or after entering the snow-hut (and also for driving out the dogs), was merely a stick 2 feet or less in length, slightly curved, and carefully smoothed so that it would not
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 44.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Jenness, D., Material Culture of the Copper Eskimo, p. 78. "A typical specimen is shown in Figure 80.