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Object Number 07-8-10/75281
Display Title Mesh sizer
Descriptions
Inventory Description Net spacer, blade hafted into 2-piece wood handle lashed with cord
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Materials Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm (7 9/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75281
Provenance
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)

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