Snow Shovel Blade
St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Western Arctic
Arctic
September, 1948
Bone, sinew, and leather
Overall: 15 9/16 × 11 5/16 in. (39.5 × 28.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Museum Purchase
48.50.10968
Geography
Place Made: St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Tools and Equipment: Snow and Ice
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Exhibition History
Montshire Museum of Science Exhibition
Publication History
Elmer Harp, Jr., North to the Yukon Territory via the Alcan Highway in 1948: Field Notes of The Andover-Harvard Expedition, Occasional Papers in Archaeology No. 14.
Provenance
Puchased for the Dartmouth College Museum by Elmer Harp, Jr. in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, September 1948.
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