Line Toggle Item Number: Na1114 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Seal-shaped toggle with two holes through centre of back and a hole connecting eyes. Flat snout on rounded head with incised mouth and lines above. Deeply drilled nostrils. Short flippers on each side parallel to holes. Oval-shaped body tapers to flippers at back, divided by a longitudinal incised line splitting to a v-shape on top. Each flipper has three short longitudinal lines on top surface.
History Of Use
Toggles are used for controlling lines, especially for hunting and for retrieving game.
Cultural Context
hunting
Iconographic Meaning
Seal images are commonly found on various types of representations and tools associated with seal hunting, in coastal areas.
Item History
- Made in Alaska, USA
- Owned by Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner before January 8, 1981
- Received from Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor) on January 8, 1981
What
- Name
- Line Toggle
- Identification Number
- Na1114
- Type of Item
- toggle
- Material
- walrus tusk
- Manufacturing Technique
- carved, drilled and polished
- Overall
- height 1.0 cm, width 7.0 cm, depth 2.8 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit
- Previous Owner
- Marianne Koerner and Walter C. Koerner
- Received from
- Marianne Koerner (Donor) and Walter C. Koerner (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Alaska, USA
When
- Ownership Date
- before January 8, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on January 8, 1981
Other
- Condition
- good
- Current Location
- Case 47
- Accession Number
- 0697/0035