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Object Number
13-52-10/87954
Display Title
Bone netting needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Netting needle, carved bone, incised grooved down each side, worn
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
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: 24.6 x 2.3 x 0.7 cm (9 11/16 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87954
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
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