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Object Number
94-57-10/R66
Display Title
Stone sinker with "jigger" attached. White & black banded stone, sinew, baleen.
Descriptions
Object Description
Stone sinker with "jigger" attached. White and black banded stone, sinew, balee
Inventory Description
Sinker, ground stone, grooved at midsection with baleen/sinew line
Classification
- Sinker
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1894
Culture
- Tikigagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Cape Lisburne
Materials
Stone, Sinew, Baleen, Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 8.9 x 2.3 x 2.8 cm (3 1/2 x 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
R/66
Provenance
Collector
Frederick H. Rindge
(?)
Donor
Frederick H. Rindge
(1894)
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