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Mouth piece of skin float
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Object Number 07-8-10/75298
Display Title Mouth piece of skin float
Descriptions
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
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)

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