Handle

Museum number:
2-13398
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
207 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.639
Description:
Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.
Donor:
Mary S. Johnson
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Agnes Ruth Sengstacken
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1929
Context of use:
Handle for woman's workbox.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 3 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 4 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 5 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 6 of 6 titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-13398, described as Made of walrus ivory. Oblong piece with 9 whale tails carved in relief on one edge. Single perforation at each end.

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