Sled
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 Jul 1995
label: Collection Date
content: 1968
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
label: Donor Name
content: Dr. G. E. Folk Jr.
notes: label: Notes
content: CARIBOU MANDIBLE, W/ TEETH INTACT, FORMS THE SIDES OF THE SLED. THE DECK IS ONE WHOLE PIECE OF BALEEN, ATTACHED TO THE MANDIBLE SIDES BY BALEEN STRIPS, TIED THROUGH HOLES BORED INTO THE MANDIBLE. THE BACK OF THE SLED HAS A POUCH MADE FROM SEAL FUR. THIS POUCH HANGS BETWEEN THE MANDIBULAR JOINTS, ABOVE THE DECK. THE POUCH IS SEWN W/ SINEW & IS ATTACHED TO THE JOINTS BY BALEEN STRIPS. ABOVE THE POUCH IS A BALEEN STRIP, BENT TO FORM AN ARCHED HANDLE. ITS ENDS ARE INSERTED INTO NATURALLY FORMED SOCKETS IN THE MANDIBULAR JOINTS.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 12 Jun 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nome, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inupiaq
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 400225
label: USNM Number
content: E428038-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sled Model
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 30 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 12.5 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 19.5 cm