Sinew shredder

Museum number:
2-7081
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020007081
Alternate number:
78 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.128
Object count:
1
Description:
Comb of caribou antler, darkened. 4 teeth, one stub at one end, 3 teeth, 1 stub at other end. At one edge in ink: "78 Mr. H.M.W. Edmonds.
Donor:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Harry Marcus Weston Edmonds
Collection date:
1889-1904
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
Used to divide sinew from reindeer legs (sinew used as thread for sewing clothing or other small articles).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 13.5 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: see Nelson, Pl. XLVIII, A, fig. 1-6.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew shredder, accession number 2-7081, described as Comb of caribou antler, darkened. 4 teeth, one stub at one end, 3 teeth, 1 stub at other end. At one edge in ink: "78 Mr. H.M.W. Edmonds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew shredder, accession number 2-7081, described as Comb of caribou antler, darkened. 4 teeth, one stub at one end, 3 teeth, 1 stub at other end. At one edge in ink: "78 Mr. H.M.W. Edmonds.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Sinew shredder, accession number 2-7081, described as Comb of caribou antler, darkened. 4 teeth, one stub at one end, 3 teeth, 1 stub at other end. At one edge in ink: "78 Mr. H.M.W. Edmonds.

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