Drag handle and cord

Museum number:
2-1683
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 5 centimeters
Comment:
Context of use: cf. Nelson, pp. 172-73 and Pl. LXVI.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1683, described as Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1683, described as Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1683, described as Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1683, described as Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-1683, described as Sealskin thong loop with ivory handle of swimming animal with flippers.

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