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Bone implements
Object Number 13-52-10/87953
Display Title Bone implements
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, carved bone, 1 end worked to point, slit for hafting
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (5 3/16 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87953
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)

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Handle
North Slope Burough
Knife or chisel handles
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Handle
North Slope Burough
Crooked knife handles
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Handle
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Shave handle with part of whalebone blade
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Handle
North Slope Burough
Woman's knife handles
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Handle
North Slope Burough