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Object Number
13-52-10/88584
Display Title
Mesh gauges
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Hook, worked bone, possibly for netting, pointed and barbed, 1 end blunt point
Classification
- Hook
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Point Barrow
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 18.1 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm (7 1/8 x 9/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
88584
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1911-1912)
Donor
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(1913)
Donor
John B. Stetson, Jr.
(1913)
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