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Whalebone three-pronged boat hook
Whalebone three-pronged boat hook
Object Number 32-20-10/43
Display Title Whalebone three-pronged boat hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hook, bone, 3-pronged, perforated
Classification
  • Hook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 19.4 x 6.4 x 3.6 cm (7 5/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 32-20-10/43
Provenance
Collector John Munro Longyear (?)
Donor Mrs. Abby Beecher Robers (August 19, 1932)
Donor Helen F. Paul (8/19/32)

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