Boat hook model

Museum number:
2-1298
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020001298
Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with commercial twine.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Rangifer tarandus caribou
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Boat hooks and Models (concepts)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Full size examples are used by the men on umiaks and kayaks, particularly on kayaks when landing on rocky shores or upon the ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 28 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "see Nelson, Pl. LXXX.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook model, accession number 2-1298, described as Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with commercial twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook model, accession number 2-1298, described as Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with commercial twine.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Boat hook model, accession number 2-1298, described as Model of boat hook. Triangular caribou antler hook lashed to handle with commercial twine.

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