Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.59.005
Accession#:
2005.59
Credit Line:
Donated by Steve and Carla Allwine.
Object Name:
Stretcher, pelt
Title:
Stretching board for preparing fox pelts
Date:
01/01/1913—01/01/1960
Description:
Two wooden boards/plank pelt leather stretcher, used to stretch or smooth the skins of dressed pelts. Each wooden plank are rounded on one edge and square on the other, all planks rounded to a point at one end. Planks are connected to each other with green string cords on both ends.
Notes:
From fox farm on Spuhn Island.
See "PIONEERING IN ALASKA" by E. E. Weschenfelder.
People:
Allwine, Steve
Allwine, Carla
Search Terms:
trapping
agriculture
business
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