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Object Number 99-11-10/52402
Display Title Scoop for removing ice from seal holes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scoop, circular bent bone with netting attached to circular wood shaft
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 140 x 16 x 2.6 cm (55 1/8 x 6 5/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 99-11-10/52402
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1899)

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