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Leather rope, coiled around a board
Leather rope, coiled around a board
Object Number 11-37-10/82913
Display Title Leather rope, coiled around a board
Descriptions
Object Description Leather rope, coiled around a board. Rope may be used to lash the sea mammal cover to the wood frame or for streching sea lion skin to make rope.
Inventory Description Board, wood wrapped with abrasive hide cord
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Unangan
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutian Islands / Atka Island
Additional Geographic Terms Aleutian Islands; Andreanof Islands
Materials Wood, Hide, Sea lion hide
Dimensions Overall: 58 x 31 x 3.9 cm (22 13/16 x 12 3/16 x 1 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 82913
Provenance
Collector Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr. (01/01/1907)
Donor Prof. T. A. Jaggar, Jr. (01/01/1911)

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