Rod

Museum number:
2-578
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020000578
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Fastening, for woman's workbag. Of walrus ivory; fish (salmon) with incised design.
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
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
John Taxsac identified object as charm.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955) and S1957-1960 [XXX Wellington]: University Art Museum (UC Berkeley) (1957–1960)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod, accession number 2-578, described as Fastening, for woman's workbag. Of walrus ivory; fish (salmon) with incised design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod, accession number 2-578, described as Fastening, for woman's workbag. Of walrus ivory; fish (salmon) with incised design.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rod, accession number 2-578, described as Fastening, for woman's workbag. Of walrus ivory; fish (salmon) with incised design.

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