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Net for catching
Object Number 99-11-10/52400
Display Title Net for catching
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net, rolled onto 2 wood dowels, tangled, torn?
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Port Clarence
Materials Sinew, Wood, Vegetable fiber
Dimensions Overall: 50.7 x 7 x 5 cm (19 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52400
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1899)

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