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Object Number 15-23-10/86080
Display Title Fish hooks
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, ivory, hooks, perforated, some hooks missing
Classification
  • Hook
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island / Old Hut Site
Additional Geographic Terms St. Lawrence Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 10.5 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 5/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86080
Provenance
Provenance Dunbar Lockwood (1913-1914)

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