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Object Number 01-16-10/57019
Display Title Boat hook and seal dart
Descriptions
Object Description Boat hook and seal dart
Inventory Description Boat hook, incised chevron design on tapered ivory blade, wood shaft
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kotzebue Sound Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue Sound
Dimensions Overall: 151.2 x 21.5 x 2.3 cm (59 1/2 x 8 7/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 01-16-10/57019
Provenance
Collector Unknown (Unknown)
Donor David I. Bushnell, Jr. (01/01/1901)

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