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Object Number
21-14-10/87685
Display Title
Blubber pounder, also described as musk ox horn blubber masher. 22x13.5x6.5 cm.
Descriptions
Object Description
Blubber pounder, also described as musk ox horn blubber masher. 22x13.5x6.5 cm.
Inventory Description
Horn pounder, finger grips worked into narrow end, resin? in places
Classification
- Pounder
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Copper Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms
N. Canada, Coronation Gulf, McKenzie River Region, between Coppermine River and King William's Land
Materials
Horn , Resin?
Dimensions
Overall: 22 × 6.2 × 5.3 cm (8 11/16 × 2 7/16 × 2 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87865
Provenance
Collector
Alfred H. Anderson
(1920-1921)
Seller
Unknown
(1921)
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