Shoulder blade

Museum number:
2-2702
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Moose shoulder blade, incised deer-like animal on each side.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Ingalik
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Taxon:
Alces alces
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Context of use:
Used to call moose, is rubbed on birch trees imitating the noise made by moose in rubbing the velvet off their horns.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 45.2 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #34b: University of Pennsylvania Museum (Philadelphia) (November 25, 1964–March 25, 1966), S1964-1965 #72: Heard Museum (March 25, 1965–September 24, 1965), S1987-1988 #16: California Academy of Sciences (September 11, 1987–February 19, 1988), and S1987-1988 #28: Smithsonian Institution (March 1, 1988–August 20, 1991)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoulder blade, accession number 2-2702, described as Moose shoulder blade, incised deer-like animal on each side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoulder blade, accession number 2-2702, described as Moose shoulder blade, incised deer-like animal on each side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoulder blade, accession number 2-2702, described as Moose shoulder blade, incised deer-like animal on each side.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Shoulder blade, accession number 2-2702, described as Moose shoulder blade, incised deer-like animal on each side.

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