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Object Number 98-18-10/52077
Display Title Wood netting needles
Descriptions
Inventory Description Netting needles?, carved wood, tong-like at ends, 2 perforated, 1 splitting
Classification
  • Needle
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: 36.7 x 4 x 2.1 cm (14 7/16 x 1 9/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 3
Label on object 52077
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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