Ice strainer

Marks or LabelsOriginal label, handwritten with ink: (recto) "Copper Eskimo / Spoon for cleaning ice out of seal hole. On other end of stick about 1' long, they have a spike to jab seal in the eye to kill it after spearing" (verso) " From Kilusigtogmiut / April 1916 / J.J. O'Neill"

Date 1916

Medium / Technique Musk ox horn

Dimensions15.5 x 3 cm

ClassificationTools & Equipment for Materials - Fishing, Hunting & Trapping T&E - Fishing Equipment

CultureIndigenous: Inuit, Inuinnaq, Kilusiktormiut

Origin Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada

Geocultural Area Central Arctic

Object NumberME982X.91

DivisionIndigenous Cultures - Historical Objects

CollectionMcCord

CreditGift of J. J. O'Neill

Status

Not on view

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