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Object Number
13-52-10/87972
Display Title
Disc, worked bone, perforated center, deep groove 1 side, tapered edges, worn
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Teetotum
Object Description
Disc, worked bone, perforated center, deep groove 1 side, tapered edges, worn
Inventory Description
Disc, worked bone, perforated center, deep groove 1 side, tapered edges, worn
Classification
- Tools
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: 8.1 x 7.2 x 1.6 cm (3 3/16 x 2 13/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
87972
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
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