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Object Number 07-48-10/72359
Display Title Bone implement, hafted
Descriptions
Object Description Bone implement, hafted
Inventory Description Tool, carved bone, cone shaped, slit for hafting, scalloped blunt end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nunamiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 2.4 x 2 cm (2 5/8 x 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72359
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1906-1907)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)

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