Clamp

Museum number:
2-19232
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
unknown
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Clamp for sewing.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.1 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. 2-19233.
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Clamp, accession number 2-19232, described as Clamp for sewing, cordage manufacture (?). Ivory in two halves surmounted by puffin; each half has 5 sections each with red and blue incised ornamentation. 2-ply sinew cord attached.

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