Wooden Comb For Working Grass
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "37854-5. IVORY TEETH." FROM CARD: "(DUP CARD). LOANED TO ALASKA STATE MUSEUM 3-31-83. LOAN RETURNED 09 23 87."
label: Notes
content: This object is on loan to the Anchorage Museum at Rasmuson Center, from 2010 through 2027.
label: Notes
content: Source of the information below: Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska Native Collections: Sharing Knowledge website, by Aron Crowell, entry on this artifact https://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=558 , retrieved 11-18-2021; see web page for additional information: Grass comb, Yup'ik. Women made strong thread by drying and beating grass, raveling the fibers with wooden combs, and then twisting the fibers together. The same type of comb was used to shred animal sinews, also for making thread. The underground bulbs of certain types of grass are used for food.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Jan 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sabotnisky, Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Yup'ik
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E37855-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Comb
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.5 cm