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Object Number 98-18-10/52152
Display Title Small pick, pick-axe
Descriptions
Object Description Small pick, pick-axe
Inventory Description Pick, bone blade lashed to perforated wood 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
Dimensions Overall: 24 x 29.5 x 4.7 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52152
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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