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Object Number 25-5-10/98139
Display Title Model of ice skimmer
Descriptions
Inventory Description Model of ice skimmer, net with carved bone animal handle, incised, sinew net
Classification
  • Raw Material
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 4.6 x 1.4 cm (6 3/16 x 1 13/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98139
Provenance
Collector Charles Ashley Weare (01/01/1895-01/01/1900)
Donor John Weare (01/01/1925)

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