Mouthpiece

Museum number:
2-4095
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004095
Alternate number:
x-241 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
For drill. Stone socket; coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.
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
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bow drill mouthpieces
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits and 1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
cf. 2-4093
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 12 centimeters
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4095, described as For drill. Stone socket; coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4095, described as For drill. Stone socket; coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-4095, described as For drill. Stone socket; coniferous wood, white marble bearing socket.

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