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Bird snare. Wood crossbar; whale-bone noose running through bird bone tube.
Bird snare. Wood crossbar; whale-bone noose running through bird bone tube.
Object Number 94-57-10/R104
Display Title Bird snare. Wood crossbar; whale-bone noose running through bird bone tube.
Descriptions
Object Description Bird snare. Crossbar of wood, noose of whale-bone running through bird bone tub
Inventory Description Bird snare, wood handle, bone tube, sinew and rawhide line
Classification
  • Snare
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Sinew, Rawhide, Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24.2 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (9 1/2 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1 Bird snare, cross-bar of wood
Label on object R\104
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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