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Object Number
98-18-10/51998
Display Title
Implement for tightening cord on backs of bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Worked bone implement, perforated, incised
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm (4 5/16 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
51998
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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