Digging implement

Museum number:
2-30931
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020030931
Accession number:
Acc.1931
Description:
Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.
Donor:
James P. Heath, Phyllis Heath Walker, and Ruth Mary Heath
Collection place:
St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Aleutians West Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Aleutian Islands; St. Paul Island
Culture or time period:
Aleut
Collector:
Harold Heath
Collection date:
before 1918
Materials:
Bone (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.2 Gathering
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
Root digger.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 54 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Digging implement, accession number 2-30931, described as Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Digging implement, accession number 2-30931, described as Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Digging implement, accession number 2-30931, described as Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Digging implement, accession number 2-30931, described as Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Digging implement, accession number 2-30931, described as Whale rib root digging implement; length: 54 cm.

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