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Description: | strip of skin to which 36 carved bone models of knives (three styles + club) are fastened with sinew
"The Inuit of Arctic America used their limited resources of seal, caribou, walrus, whale, birds and fish, along with driftwood and whalebone to make all their tools and clothing. They were excellent carvers in bone and tooth ivory and made decorative clothing, amulets and ornaments to wear, particularly in the lips, nose or around the neck. This is a necklet comprising a circular hide band on to which are attached by plaited sinew loops, 36 bone carvings. There are 27 straight, two-sided knives of different lengths, 6 curved single-sided knives, one ulu, or women's knife, one club and one spear. The necklet is similar to those made with animals' teeth often worn in the eastern American Arctic. This one comes from Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, Canada, and probably dates from the early 20th century."
Author: Feilden,Rosemary Date: 2000 Purpose: SCRAN
Field collector: Livingstone, J | License: | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/historic/Copyright_terms_conditions.shtml | Publisher: | ABDUA University of Aberdeen, Marischal Museum | Rights holder: | 47718 | Temporal: | 1850-1924 | Source: | University of Aberdeen | Creator: | Inuit | Identifier: | http://calms.abdn.ac.uk/Geology/dserve.e... | Go to resource |
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