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Object Number 98-18-10/52031
Display Title Implements for stopping wounds in seals
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tools, wood, 1 end grooved, worked to flat point, perforated, rawhide cord
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 Wood
Dimensions Overall: 20.6 x 4.9 x 3.7 cm (8 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Quantity 6
Label on object 52031
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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