Stone and Antler Hammer
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US-Alaska
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Geologic Age
content: 19th century
label: Notes
content: This hammer, or kautaq, originates from the Point Barrow area of Northern Alaska and was made by the Inupiat people. The hammer consists of a large stone lashed with sinew to an antler handle. The stone is very dark in color and has a wide shallow groove beneath the sinew lashings which shows where the lashings have loosened significantly. The handle is likely fashioned from caribou antler and the sinew is possibly bearded seal hide. The hammer is overall quite dark and aged in appearance, indicating it may have been soaked in oil.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 27 Dec 2023
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Northern Alaska; possibly Point Barrow area., North America, United States, Alaska
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Inupiat
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400518-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Sinew, Stone, Antler