Shovel model

Museum number:
2-4065
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-211 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Wood handle with red markings, bone triangular blade.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Pastolik, Wade Hampton Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Pastolik
Culture or time period:
Malemiut Eskimo
Collector:
Rudolph Neumann
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Leather and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Shovels
Function:
5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Model of a shovel used for earth work.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 19.6 centimeters
Comment:
Second original no. = Neumann 452.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel model, accession number 2-4065, described as Wood handle with red markings, bone triangular blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel model, accession number 2-4065, described as Wood handle with red markings, bone triangular blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shovel model, accession number 2-4065, described as Wood handle with red markings, bone triangular blade.

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