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About this object
History of use
Either part of dog team traces, or used to tow seal (put through holes made in seal's jaw).
Narrative
Pierce donated this collection to the UBC Geology Museum in 1932, from which it transferred to the newly-opened Museum of Anthropology in 1948. Michell Pierce put together this collection of examples of Copper Inuit clothing and implements, while working in the area for the Hudson’s Bay Company. Before going to the area, he interviewed Dean Brock and M.Y. Williams about the possibility of collecting for UBC while there. This was the second collection he assembled, as the first was lost when the ship carrying the materials was caught in the ice.
Physical description
Crescent-shaped piece of horn with a looped hide though tied through a hole in the centre; six sets of incised bands on horn.
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