Ice pick

Museum number:
2-19194
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.854
Description:
Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.
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:
R. A. Marr
Collection date:
1883
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Ice picks
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1945
Context of use:
Multipurpose pick.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 58 centimeters and length 36 centimeters
Loans:
S1964-1965 #11: The Snow Museum (September 4, 1964–March 17, 1965)
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Ice pick, accession number 2-19194, described as Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Ice pick, accession number 2-19194, described as Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice pick, accession number 2-19194, described as Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice pick, accession number 2-19194, described as Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ice pick, accession number 2-19194, described as Ivory blade hafter on wooden handle at angle with rawhide thong hafting.

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