Hook

Museum number:
2-10396
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.543
Description:
Made of wood; leather strip with loop is tied to long end; v-shaped, hook end curves off to one side and is half length of long end; cylindrical and uncarved; forked at long end.
Donor:
Alfred L. Kroeber, Elsie Clews Parsons, and University Appropriation
Collection place:
Zuni, Zuni Reservation, McKinley County
Verbatim coll. place:
Zuni
Culture or time period:
Zuni
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1918
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Carvings (visual works)
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
1919
Context of use:
Hook for adjusting load of firewood on back of donkey.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 15 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook, accession number 2-10396, described as Made of wood; leather strip with loop is tied to long end; v-shaped, hook end curves off to one side and is half length of long end; cylindrical and uncarved; forked at long end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Hook, accession number 2-10396, described as Made of wood; leather strip with loop is tied to long end; v-shaped, hook end curves off to one side and is half length of long end; cylindrical and uncarved; forked at long end.

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