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Bird bolas
Object Number 24-20-10/98057
Display Title Bird bolas
Descriptions
Object Description Bird bolas
Inventory Description Bolas, carved bone weights attached to braided sinew, feather quill handle
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone, Feather, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 43 x 11 x 2.9 cm (16 15/16 x 4 5/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98057
Provenance
Collector Unknown
Donor David Wagstaff (06/01/1924)

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