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Bone handle, slate blade, bone net spacers, bone netting needle and bone comb
Bone handle, slate blade, bone net spacers, bone netting needle and bone comb
Object Number 2004.24.20142
Display Title Bone handle, slate blade, bone net spacers, bone netting needle and bone comb
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Ethnographic
  • Grooming and Body Decoration
Subject
  • comb
  • Spacer
  • Handle
  • Needle
  • Net
  • Slate
  • Bone
  • Blade
Department Photographic
Date 1950
Artist Frederick P. Orchard
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / Port Clarence
Materials Negative, black and white
Dimensions Overall: 8.89 x 12.7 cm (3 1/2 x 5 in.)

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