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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
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
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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