Mesh measure

Museum number:
2-4194
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004194
Alternate number:
x-340 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Mesh measure/gauge. Antler with wood extension of handle. Spruce root wrapper on handle. Antler, handle thickened with piece of wood, wrapped with spruce root; tied at juncture of blade and handle with strip of fish skin; smooth wear patina.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material), Spruce root, and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mesh measures
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Net-making.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 14 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4194, described as Mesh measure/gauge. Antler with wood extension of handle. Spruce root wrapper on handle. Antler, handle thickened with piece of wood, wrapped with spruce root; tied at juncture of blade and handle with strip of fish skin; smooth wear patina.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4194, described as Mesh measure/gauge. Antler with wood extension of handle. Spruce root wrapper on handle. Antler, handle thickened with piece of wood, wrapped with spruce root; tied at juncture of blade and handle with strip of fish skin; smooth wear patina.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4194, described as Mesh measure/gauge. Antler with wood extension of handle. Spruce root wrapper on handle. Antler, handle thickened with piece of wood, wrapped with spruce root; tied at juncture of blade and handle with strip of fish skin; smooth wear patina.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mesh measure, accession number 2-4194, described as Mesh measure/gauge. Antler with wood extension of handle. Spruce root wrapper on handle. Antler, handle thickened with piece of wood, wrapped with spruce root; tied at juncture of blade and handle with strip of fish skin; smooth wear patina.

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