Mountain sheep head decoration. Made of ivory. Written on specimen: "mountain sheep to act as wrench to straighten arrows. Pt. Barrow, Alaska 1883 G.D.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
George Davidson
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Arrow wrenches
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Used to straighten arrows.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15.2 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XL.
Loans:
S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960) and S1964-1965 #11: The Snow Museum (September 4, 1964–March 17, 1965)