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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
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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