Boat hook

Museum number:
2-1805
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Boat hook; wooden shaft with red and black stripes, hook attached with sinew, hook has one point broken off, other point notched.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boat hooks
Function:
1.4 Transportation
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 1.15 meters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-1805, described as Boat hook; wooden shaft with red and black stripes, hook attached with sinew, hook has one point broken off, other point notched.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-1805, described as Boat hook; wooden shaft with red and black stripes, hook attached with sinew, hook has one point broken off, other point notched.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-1805, described as Boat hook; wooden shaft with red and black stripes, hook attached with sinew, hook has one point broken off, other point notched.

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