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Object Number 98-18-10/52021
Display Title Bone implement (knife carved with 2 perforators)
Descriptions
Object Description Bone implement (knife carved with 2 perforators)
Inventory Description Bone tool, knife?, carved to point, 1 notch, 2 perforations on handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 cm (10 1/16 x 7/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52021
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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