Toggle Item Number: A2.131 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Crescent-shaped toggle carved from dark brown horn; looped thong tie attached to a hole drilled though the centre.
History Of Use
Used to drag dead seal over ice.
Narrative
Collected by Glyndwr Abraham while working as an R.C.M.P. officer between July 1929 and July 1959.
Item History
- Made in Nunavut, Canada
- Collected during 1937
- Owned by Glyndwr Abraham before October 26, 1971
- Received from Glyndwr Abraham (Donor) on October 26, 1971
What
- Name
- Toggle
- Identification Number
- A2.131
- Type of Item
- toggle
- Material
- walrus skin and horn
- Manufacturing Technique
- drilled and carved
- Overall
- height 3.0 cm, width 21.0 cm, depth 8.0 cm
Who
- Culture
- Inuit: Inuinnait
- Previous Owner
- Glyndwr Abraham
- Received from
- Glyndwr Abraham (Donor)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Nunavut, Canada
When
- Collection Date
- during 1937
- Ownership Date
- before October 26, 1971
- Acquisition Date
- on October 26, 1971
Other
- Condition
- fair
- Current Location
- Case 46
- Accession Number
- 0181/0011