Dog; three pieces of polar bear skin, bound together with leather lashing, fastened to short length of line made of walrus or bearded sealskin. Made with babiche cord.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
unknown
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used for harnessing dogs. Example may have been made for trade as it shows no signs of use.