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Bone needle for stringing fish also used as bone pricker for basket-making, etc.
Bone needle for stringing fish also used as bone pricker for basket-making, etc.
Object Number 99-11-10/52386
Display Title Bone needle for stringing fish also used as bone pricker for basket-making, etc.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone perforator
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 14.7 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm (5 13/16 x 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52386
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1899)

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