Drag handle

Museum number:
2-19216
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.
Donor:
Ellinor C. Davidson and George Davidson
Collection place:
Point Barrow, North Slope Borough, Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Point Barrow
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1883
Materials:
Ivory (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6 centimeters and length 3.3 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson, pp 172-73 and Pl. LXVI.
Loans:
S1964-1965 #9: University of California, Davis (September 3, 1964–January 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Drag handle, accession number 2-19216, described as Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Drag handle, accession number 2-19216, described as Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-19216, described as Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-19216, described as Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle, accession number 2-19216, described as Rawhide loop with two ivory connections. Cylindrical piece ivory with inset blue glass on sealskin thong. Curved ivory handle.

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