Sole creaser

Museum number:
2-4244
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-390 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue Sound
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo and Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used for crimping or creasing the sole of the boot around toe and heel.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #283.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sole creaser, accession number 2-4244, described as Boot-sole creaser, made of ivory, incised slashes. Trapezoid in section, tapering to thin rounded point; hole drilled in opposite end for attachment; on the four surfaces decorated with black hatching.

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