Powder measure

Museum number:
2-7226
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Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Cotton (textile), Leather, and Mammoth ivory
Taxon:
Mammuthus
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1.00 Hunting and 7.3 Weights, Measures, and Computing Devices
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Powder charger for flint lock gun.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 4.3 centimeters
Comment:
Reference: Birket-Smith, Early Coll. from the Pacific Eskimo, fig. 17.
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Powder measure, accession number 2-7226, described as Powder measure. Cup-shaped mammoth ivory with pierced handle. Piece of cotton cordage and rawhide attached. 4.3 centimeters in length.

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