Mouthpiece
Used for inflating seal carcasses to use as buoys to float killed whales. Made of two pieces joined together with a rotating joint.
Acquired during the voyage of the HMS Blossom under Captain Beechey, 1825-8
Acquired during the voyage of the HMS Blossom under Captain Beechey, 1825-8
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 51/1916/106
- Category
- Ethnography
- Collection Class
- Tools for farm and craft
- Collection Area Region
- North America
- Material
- walrus ivory | bone | | |
- Common Name
- mouthpiece
- Simple Name
- mouthpiece
- Production Town
- Production County
- Bering Strait / Northwest Alaska
- Production Country
- United States of America
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 1826
- Production Year High
- 1827
