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Object Number 98-18-10/52151
Display Title Small pick
Descriptions
Inventory Description Pick, bone blade lashed to perforated bone handle with leather 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 Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 24.1 x 18.5 x 3.2 cm (9 1/2 x 7 5/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52151
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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