Handle

Museum number:
2-7083
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
63 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 2.5 centimeters and length 20 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handle, accession number 2-7083, described as For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handle, accession number 2-7083, described as For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-7083, described as For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-7083, described as For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handle, accession number 2-7083, described as For woman's workbox. Made of walrus ivory. 3 large and 4 smaller series of concentric circles with zigzags inside. Double perforation at each end.

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