Title	Stool and Seal Retriever
Creator	Lane, Lennie
Contributors	Allen, Brian (object photographer)
Collection Name	Ethnology
Identifier	UA97-025-0085-2
Description	Lane, Lennie (maker). A wooden stool with composite seal hook equipment. The wooden stool has 3 legs approximately 7.5 in.) and the seat is triangular (approximately 12 in. on each side). There is a small triangle cut into the seat 1.5 in. into one side measuring approximately 2 in. on each side. The composite seal hook equipment is attached to the legs of the stool. The equipment consists of a weight, hook, and line. The "large acorn shaped" wooden weight with a metallic loop on one end is approximately 6.5 in. in length and 11 in. in diameter. The 4 pronged hook is made of rusting copper alloy stem with iron hook. The hook has a hole on each side of the stem (one attached to the weight and other to the line). The line is a thin white cotton rope. Midway into the line, there is a small wooden piece approximately 1 in. in length.¬ulture: Inupiaq
Subject.Local	Alaska Natives--Northern Alaska--Inupiaq Ethnotechnology
Location	Point Hope (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1939 to 1959
Date.original	1950-1951
Type	Physical Object
Ordering and Use	Terms of Copyright and Use: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/collections/vilda-rights/
Holding Institution	UA Museum of the North, P.O. Box 756960, 907 Yukon Dr., Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-6960 mailto:UA-museumlearn@alaska.edu
Related Materials	Lennie Lane - 1950-51 Stool and Seal Retriever
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