Vise

Museum number:
2-21034
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.101
Description:
Hand-held type? Ivory tweezer-like object. 2 flat carved ivory pieces joined by metal hinge, forming ovoid shape outline with ears, 1 ear perforated with sinew fragment attached.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection date:
1920
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Accession date:
1903
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.3 centimeters and width 2.9 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vise, accession number 2-21034, described as Hand-held type? Ivory tweezer-like object. 2 flat carved ivory pieces joined by metal hinge, forming ovoid shape outline with ears, 1 ear perforated with sinew fragment attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vise, accession number 2-21034, described as Hand-held type? Ivory tweezer-like object. 2 flat carved ivory pieces joined by metal hinge, forming ovoid shape outline with ears, 1 ear perforated with sinew fragment attached.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Vise, accession number 2-21034, described as Hand-held type? Ivory tweezer-like object. 2 flat carved ivory pieces joined by metal hinge, forming ovoid shape outline with ears, 1 ear perforated with sinew fragment attached.

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