For making grass thread. Elongated wood handle with knob at top, longitudinal triangular groove with red stain on both sides of handle. Tufts of blond animal (seal?) hair on handle. 5 teeth, several missing. Fishskin thong at top of handle. Antler.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Hair (material), Skin (collagenous material), and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Combs (textile working equipment)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
To make grass thread.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21.7 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: 2-6645-7. References: cf. Nelson Pl. XLVIII and p. 111.