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Object Number
13-52-10/88518
Display Title
Bone cylinder, needle case
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Tube, carved ivory, 1 end broken
Classification
- Tube
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
North Slope Borough
Additional Geographic Terms
Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 7.6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm (3 x 7/16 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88518
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
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