Dog sled model

Museum number:
2-68101
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020068101
Accession number:
Acc.3989
Description:
Dog sled model; wood runners with 11 transverse slats attached by common cordage; bone or horn underneath runners, rawhide traces with bone fittings, 7 traces = 7 dogs, length of the wood part of the sled is 39 cm
Donor:
Barbara E. Busch
Collection place:
Southampton Island, Kivalliq region, Nunavut
Culture or time period:
Eskimo
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Comment:
This object record was created because location data had been entered into the PHOEBE database without a corresponding object record. (J. Meehan 6/2003)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dog sled model, accession number 2-68101, described as Dog sled model; wood runners with 11 transverse slats attached by common cordage; bone or horn underneath runners, rawhide traces with bone fittings, 7 traces = 7 dogs, length of the wood part of the sled is 39 cmDocumentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Dog sled model, accession number 2-68101, described as Dog sled model; wood runners with 11 transverse slats attached by common cordage; bone or horn underneath runners, rawhide traces with bone fittings, 7 traces = 7 dogs, length of the wood part of the sled is 39 cm

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