Wrench, For Spreading And Holding Animal Intestines Open
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "SEE ORIG. CAT. BOOK FOR SKETCH." OBJECT ORIGINALLY CATALOGED AS "UNKNOWN - VERY ANCIENT LADLE". THIS OBJECT IDENTIFIED BY WALTER AMOS AND GEORGE AND ELISE WILLIAMS [from Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island, Alaska] AS [a "qaluarun" (in Chu'pik)], A WRENCH-LIKE TOOL USED TO SPREAD ANIMAL INTESTINES (FROM SEAL, ETC.), PRIOR TO POURING IN SEA WATER TO CLEAN INTESTINES, FOR MAKING THINGS LIKE WATERPROOF GUTSKIN GARMENTS. - STEPHEN LORING 2-1996
label: Notes
content: The intestine would be brought up from below, pass through the opening in the handle, and be gripped by the small protruding teeth. see, p. 194-195, "Repatriation and Community Anthropology: The Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center", Stephen Loring, 2001. In, The Future of the Past: Archaeologists, Native Americans, and Repatriation, edited by Tamara Bray, Garland: New York, pp. 185-200.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nunivak Island, Bering Sea, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43753-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Intestine Wrench