Mouthpiece

Museum number:
2-5847
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-937 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For drill; carve conifer with iron bearing socket; carved wood has seal at both ends, one with inlaid blue glass beads.
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
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Iron (metal)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bow drill mouthpieces
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to guide & exert pressure on the drill
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 14 centimeters
Loans:
S1961-1962 #84: Mt. Diablo Unified School District/William Gripp (June 21, 1962–July 27, 1962)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-5847, described as For drill; carve conifer with iron bearing socket; carved wood has seal at both ends, one with inlaid blue glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-5847, described as For drill; carve conifer with iron bearing socket; carved wood has seal at both ends, one with inlaid blue glass beads.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-5847, described as For drill; carve conifer with iron bearing socket; carved wood has seal at both ends, one with inlaid blue glass beads.

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