Mouthpiece

Museum number:
2-2854
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.46
Description:
Drill mouthpiece; coniferous wood carved to represent mythical "mermaid-like" creature with anthropomorphic face, seal or fish-like body; white stone bearing socket.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Lower Yukon, Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; Lower Yukon
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Charles L. Hall
Collection date:
ca. 1895
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Bow drill mouthpieces
Function:
1.9 Multiple Utility
Accession date:
August 12, 1902
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
width 9 centimeters
Comment:
References: cf. Nelson p. 447-448 and fig. 163.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-2854, described as Drill mouthpiece; coniferous wood carved to represent mythical "mermaid-like" creature with anthropomorphic face, seal or fish-like body; white stone bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-2854, described as Drill mouthpiece; coniferous wood carved to represent mythical "mermaid-like" creature with anthropomorphic face, seal or fish-like body; white stone bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-2854, described as Drill mouthpiece; coniferous wood carved to represent mythical "mermaid-like" creature with anthropomorphic face, seal or fish-like body; white stone bearing socket.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Mouthpiece, accession number 2-2854, described as Drill mouthpiece; coniferous wood carved to represent mythical "mermaid-like" creature with anthropomorphic face, seal or fish-like body; white stone bearing socket.

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