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Object Number 98-18-10/52121
Display Title Seal decoy
Descriptions
Object Description Seal decoy
Inventory Description Seal decoys, carved wood handle, 3 tines covered with claws, lashed with sinew
Classification
  • Decoy
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 23.1 x 5 x 2 cm (9 1/8 x 1 15/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52121
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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