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Broken edge for snow shovel
Broken edge for snow shovel
Object Number 13-52-10/87958
Display Title Broken edge for snow shovel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, carved bone, broken slit for hafting, 3 perforations, 1 end grooved
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: 32 x 3.9 x 1 cm (12 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87958
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)

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