Walrus tusk, pick

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Object Number 29-26-10/98396

Display Title Walrus tusk, pick

Descriptions

Inventory Description Pick, blade only, ivory, grooved and flattened at one end

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Western Arctic

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Materials Ivory

Dimensions Overall: 35 x 5.8 x 3.1 cm (13 3/4 x 2 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 98396, 29-B

Provenance

Collector Mr. George F. Willey (1906-1907 - 1929)

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