Handles

Museum number:
2-6755a,b
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21026755a@2cb
Alternate number:
x-2948 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Taxon:
Odobenus rosmarus
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Plaited weaving
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
to rotate large drill shank
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
8 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Handles, accession number 2-6755a,b, described as Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Handles, accession number 2-6755a,b, described as Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handles, accession number 2-6755a,b, described as Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handles, accession number 2-6755a,b, described as Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Handles, accession number 2-6755a,b, described as Drill handles made of 2 immature walrus tusks tied together with plaited cordage; each tusk has 3 encircling bands at base.

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