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Object Number 01-13-10/56754
Display Title Martingale for seal spear
Descriptions
Inventory Description Cord, braided, darker stitch line, single thick line splits into 2 thin lines
Classification
  • Cord
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Alaska, Southern
Materials Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 103 x 0.5 x 0.2 cm (40 9/16 x 3/16 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56754, POISON.
Provenance
Owner Charles Breck
Intermediary Mary Adams Breck
Donor Heirs of Charles Breck (1901)

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