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Object Number
13-52-10/87955
Display Title
Broken holder for seal skin thimble
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Unclassified tool, carved ivory clip, fish shaped, perforated 1 end
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 11.4 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm (4 1/2 x 1/2 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87955
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-52-10/88525 | Broken thimble guards ? |
Tools
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 13-52-10/88586 | Fragments of broken thimble guards |
Tools
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 13-52-10/88524 | Broken thimble guards ? |
Tools
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 54-4-10/34453 | Ivory plugs for seal skin floats |
Tools
|
Alaska
| |
| 69-30-10/1963 | Ivory thimble |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 88-51-10/50017 | Ivory thimble |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 45-28-10/27702 | Ivory needle case w/ ivory & copper needles, reamers, thimble & toggles attached |
Container
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 23-29-10/98085 | For fastening seal line to kayak |
Tools
|
Greenland
| |
| 21-14-10/87677 | Needle case and copper needle (thimble?) |
Needle case
|
Northwest Territories
| |
| 23-21-10/97990 | Seal drag ? |
Tools
|
Greenland
| |
| 29-26-10/98389 | Ivory thimble |
Textileworking
|
Alaska
| |
| 53-36-60/10151 | Plaited seal skin line with whalebone toggle; tow line for catching + |
Tools
|
Siberia
|