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Object Number 07-8-10/75307
Display Title Wooden float
Descriptions
Inventory Description Float, wood, 4 metal spikes, 4 plugged holes, 1 perforation
Classification
  • Float
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms North Alaska
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 20.5 x 8 x 8 cm (8 1/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75037
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)
Collector Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)

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