2 wood cylinders attached to bowknot-shaped piece of wood that has zigzag edges; rawhide cords.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Toys (recreational artifacts)
Function:
6.2 Toys, Children’s Utensils, Objects used in the Education of Children
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Boy's toy (Nelson's "buzz").
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
11 centimeters and length 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. = Neumann 332. No. Pieces: "1 (3)" Remarks: "see Nelson p. 341 (text)
Loans:
S1964-1965 #44: Science Center (Diablo Valley College) (December 30, 1964–March 4, 1965) and S1984-1985 #20: California State University, Chico (November 9, 1984–June 28, 1985)