Throwing Board Item Number: 60/3154 from the American Museum of Natural History

Exhibitions

ARCTIC ADAPTATIONS: THE EVER-CHANGING ESKIMO (CARNEGIE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, PITTSBURG, PA, USA, 1983)

Publications

THE ESKIMO OF BAFFIN LAND AND HUDSON BAY, FROM NOTES COLLECTED BY CAPTAIN GEORGE COMER, CAPTAIN JAMES S. MUTCH, AND REV. E.J. PECK. BOAS, FRANZ BULLETIN, 15, 1901

Item History

What

Name
Throwing Board
Identification Number
60/3154
Type of Item
throwing board
Material
wood, baleen, metal, bone and ivory
Overall
length 49.0 cm, width 10.0 cm, height 3.5 cm

Who

Culture
Eskimo: Baffinland
Received from
Capt. James S. Mutch

Where

Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
Made in
Cumberland Sound, Nunavut, Canada