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Shave handles
Object Number 13-52-10/87964
Display Title Shave handles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handles, 1 carved bone, 1 carved ivory, slit lengthwise for hafting, ivory 1 g
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, Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 9.7 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm (3 13/16 x 11/16 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 87964
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)

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