Ice scratcher

Museum number:
2-4399
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Alternate number:
x-545 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood handle, seal claw tip.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Kotzebue Sound, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Kotzebue Sound
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Materials:
Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used when hunting seal to imitate the sound made by seal scratching the ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 22.7 centimeters
Comment:
Second Orig. No.: Neumann #323. Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. LII #66-11 and p. 129.
Loans:
S1967-1968 #25 [formerly I-54-B]: University of California, Riverside/John F. Goins (July 1, 1954–present)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-4399, described as Wood handle, seal claw tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-4399, described as Wood handle, seal claw tip.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice scratcher, accession number 2-4399, described as Wood handle, seal claw tip.

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