Maul

Museum number:
2-4034
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004034
Alternate number:
x-180 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Stone maul; quartzite head, antler handle, rawhide lashing.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Antler (material) and Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mauls (striking tools)
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
To crush large bones both to obtain marrow and to facilitate the rendering of the fat used in making pemmican. May have formerly been used as hammers for driving wedges, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 18 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, pp. 93-99.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-4034, described as Stone maul; quartzite head, antler handle, rawhide lashing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-4034, described as Stone maul; quartzite head, antler handle, rawhide lashing.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Maul, accession number 2-4034, described as Stone maul; quartzite head, antler handle, rawhide lashing.

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