Stone maul; quartzite head, antler handle, rawhide lashing.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Unalakleet, Norton Sound, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Norton Sound; Unalakleet
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mauls (striking tools)
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
To crush large bones both to obtain marrow and to facilitate the rendering of the fat used in making pemmican. May have formerly been used as hammers for driving wedges, etc.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 21 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Murdoch, Pt. Barrow Eskimo, pp. 93-99.
Loans:
S1962-1963 #61: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Vincent Evans (June 24, 1963–June 24, 1963)