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Object Number 07-8-10/75289
Display Title Wooden floats ?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked wood implement, perforated, rectangular and oval
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Intrasite Surface find
Additional Geographic Terms Shore between Flaxman Island and Colville River
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 5.5 x 2.1 cm (7 11/16 x 2 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 8
Label on object 75289
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)

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