Drag handle and cord

Museum number:
2-4273
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
x-419 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Ivory seal shaped handle attached to sealskin thong loop.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Materials:
Ivory (material) and Rawhide
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
For hauling dead seals or other heavy weights over snow or ice.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 6.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: "cf. Nelson pp. 172-73 and Pl. LXVI
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-4273, described as Ivory seal shaped handle attached to sealskin thong loop.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-4273, described as Ivory seal shaped handle attached to sealskin thong loop.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-4273, described as Ivory seal shaped handle attached to sealskin thong loop.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Drag handle and cord, accession number 2-4273, described as Ivory seal shaped handle attached to sealskin thong loop.

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