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Twister for sinew backed bows
Object Number 13-52-10/87966
Display Title Twister for sinew backed bows
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tightener, carved ivory, rectangular, ends bent in opposite directions
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 6.6 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (2 5/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87966
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)

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