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Object Number 98-18-10/51954
Display Title Staff for walking on soft snow
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pole, bone hoop netted to pointed wood staff
Classification
  • Pole
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 141 x 14.5 x 14 cm (55 1/2 x 5 11/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98-18-10/51954
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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