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Whalebone boat hook
Object Number 32-20-10/36
Display Title Whalebone boat hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked bone implement, four perforations
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 4 x 2 cm (9 1/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-20-10/36
Provenance
Collector John Munro Longyear (?)
Donor Helen F. Paul (8/19/32)
Donor Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers (August 19, 1932)

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