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Object Number
98-18-10/52069
Display Title
Whale bone snares for birds
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Snares, baleen line, looped, knotted, run thru reed shaft, attached to wood tog
Classification
- Snare
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms
Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials
Baleen, Reed, Wood
Dimensions
Overall: 21 x 6 x 0.8 cm (8 1/4 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
56
Label on object
52069
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Miner Bruce
(?)
Donor
Capt. Miner Bruce
(1898)
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