Mouthpiece

Museum number:
2-4097
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-243 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For drill. Stone socket. Coniferous wood, mottled black and green stone.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bow drill mouthpieces
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-4093
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 11.3 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966) and S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4097, described as For drill. Stone socket. Coniferous wood, mottled black and green stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4097, described as For drill. Stone socket. Coniferous wood, mottled black and green stone.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4097, described as For drill. Stone socket. Coniferous wood, mottled black and green stone.

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