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Object Number
13-52-10/87965
Display Title
Shave handle with part of whalebone blade
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Handle, carved bone, broken slit for hafting, remnants of metal stud, worn
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: 9.5 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm (3 3/4 x 11/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87965
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
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| 13-52-10/87964 | Shave handles |
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| |
| 13-52-10/88572 | Woman's knife handles |
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| |
| 13-52-10/87960 | Knife or chisel handles |
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| |
| 13-52-10/87961 | Knife or chisel handles |
Handle
|
North Slope Burough
| |
| 13-52-10/87997 | Woman's knife handles |
Handle
|
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| |
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