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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
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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