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Object Number 17-20-10/87217
Display Title Seal drag
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seal drag, carved wood handle, seal form, hide thong lashed to metal hook, sinew
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 3.8 x 2 cm (9 1/16 x 1 1/2 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87217
Provenance
Provenance Prof. Leslie A. Lee (1887-1891)

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Tools
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Fishing and trapping
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