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Hammer for crushing the bones of domestic deer and hunted animals. Chukchee

Title:

Hammer for crushing the bones of domestic deer and hunted animals.

Ethnic groups:

Chukchee

Territory:

Chukotka National District, district, village

Date:

1970s

Collectors-person:
Material:

Leather (larga seal); wood; leather (reindeer); stone

Number:

РЭМ 8261-6

Annotation:

The hammer’s core, a boulder with a recess on one side, is fixed on a wooden handle with a raw hide belt, which safely held it after drying. This ancient method of making working tools has survived among the Chukchi, Eskimos, and Koryaks up to this day. Abstract by V.V. Gorbacheva