Wooden Ladle Or Water Dipper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 8 Feb 1884
name: label: Collector
content: William J. Fisher
label: Donor Name
content: William J. Fisher
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "kal-lu-gun." Illus. Fig. 215, p. 233 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Originally catalogued as a "Wooden ladle for bailing bidarka" (i.e. boats or kayaks), however identified by Aron Crowell as a water dipper or qalluhun. "To create steam [in a sweat/steam bathhouse or banya], water is ladled over hot rocks with a dipper. This dipper is a traditional style, made from carved and bent wood."
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 http://alaska.si.edu/record.asp?id=159 , retrieved 8-30-2012: Water dipper, Sugpiaq (Alutiiq), Koniag. qallúhun "water dipper" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Alaska Peninsula dialect) Also called: ikusaq "ladle" - Language: Koniag Sugpiaq (Alaska Peninsula dialect)
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Katmai, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Alutiiq (Sugpiaq), Koniag
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 014024
label: USNM Number
content: E90441-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ladle
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 19.5 cm