Engraved ivory drill bow; triangular cross-section; hunting scene on base, caribou, men on horses, large sailing ship, etc. on top; rawhide thong.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bows (weapons)
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Ray (1977): Probably depicts activities of the Omilak miners in 1880 and 1892. "The subject matter, especially the horses and the still of making liquor... strongly suggests activities of 1892, when mining was revived after its earlier failures. This
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 41 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: Ray, Eskimo Art (1977), fig. 239. Continued from context of use, "... The larger vesel on the bow may be a revenue cutter, the the Bear had three masts. The Corwin, which had stopped at Golovin Bay previously, had two masts and looked very much like this vessel.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963), S1963-1964 #34: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley) (October 25, 1963–October 25, 1963), S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965), S1966-1967 #80: Life Sciences Bldg. Photo Lab (UC Berkeley) (March 21, 1967–April 14, 1967), S1978-1979 #43: El Camino College (February 5, 1979–June 29, 1979), and S1992-1993 #8: Blackhawk Museums (November 17, 1992–unknown)