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Shave handle with part of whalebone blade
Shave handle with part of whalebone blade
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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