Eskimo Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Photograph

St. Joseph Museums

143.412 Eskimo Tools, Harry George Collection

Name/Title

Eskimo Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910

Entry/Object ID

143/412

Description

Eskimo Tools, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of 5 ivory or bone tools displayed leaning against wall. Includes adze, wedge, hook, scraper Handwritten on back: "Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 74A3, 89K, W. H. Case. Photo. 91 1. Eskimo hand plane or adze. 2. Alieute wedge made of moose horn. Very old. 3. Boluga or shark hook, 3 points to catch the boluga (white whale). 4. Whalebone scraper. 5. Eskimo adze or plane.

Collection

Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHS

Made/Created

Date made

1910

Place

State/Province

Alaska

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photographic

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Tools, Ivory

Search Terms

Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Aleut, George Collection

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Dec 20, 2020