Cape Prince of Wales, Coast of Bering Strait, Bering Strait
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Bering Strait; Cape Prince of Wales
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
H. H. Cushing
Collection date:
ca. 1901
Object type:
ethnography
Accession date:
December 16, 1902
Context of use:
Used in making waterproof shirts (according to Cushing).
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
2.24 centimeters and width 7 centimeters
Comment:
Note on p. 15, Cushing's notebook: "2 intestines - one from male the other from female walrus. Killed at Cape Prince of Wales and the waterproof shirts of the natives are made from them which they prize very highly. $7.00." Cf. 2-2974 for male walrus intestine.