Disc, worked bone, perforated center, deep groove 1 side, tapered edges, worn

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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

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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