Boat hook

Museum number:
2-7090
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Alternate number:
89 A (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Description:
Ivory boat hook (handle missing); pierced in two places for attachment.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boat hooks
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
These double-pointed hooks are commonly used for drawing out article from the interior of kaiaks.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 6.1 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson, Pl. LXXVIII#17.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-7090, described as Ivory boat hook (handle missing); pierced in two places for attachment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-7090, described as Ivory boat hook (handle missing); pierced in two places for attachment.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook, accession number 2-7090, described as Ivory boat hook (handle missing); pierced in two places for attachment.

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