E0287: Spike

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0287

Classification Category:

5:Tools & Equipment for Science and Technology ➞ Construction t&E

Marks/Labels:

Tag: "Hand made copper spike of the Russian Boat. Politofsky built at Sitka. in - 1830 from St. Michaels Als" (written on back of a POLET STORES tag). Tag is addressed to "WEH Cremer, Nome Alaska". Plague associated with E0286-288: "Relics from the Russian Period of Alaska. These articles are from a shipyard built in Russians at Stika. This was the first shipyard on the west coast of North America." [1972- Shaft is fragmented and head is cut on one edge.]

Materials:

metal ➔ copper

Dimensions:

7.5 cm L
3.5 cm W

Description:

Copper spike from a Russian shipyard at Sitka, Alaska. Which is the first shipyard on the west coast of North America.

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