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Image Not Available for Carved bone head of seal (cord end?)
Carved bone head of seal (cord end?)
Image Not Available for Carved bone head of seal (cord end?)
Object Number 13-52-10/88553
Display Title Carved bone head of seal (cord end?)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone effigy
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Qayaigsigvigmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, vicinity of
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1911-1912)
Donor John B. Stetson, Jr. (1913)
Donor Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1913)

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