Carving
- Museum number:
- 2-9392
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020009392
- Accession number:
- Acc.371
- Description:
- Tooth-pick" hinged to a carved seal; ivory; tip broken.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection date:
- unknown
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Carvings (visual works)
- Accession date:
- May 1909
- Context of use:
- Probably a tourist novelty in imitation of an awl.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- length 10.8 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-