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Object Number 88-51-10/50103
Display Title Antler wedge
Descriptions
Inventory Description Adze, curved, antler, cut marks on object
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Nunivaarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Bethel Census Area / Nunivak Island
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 29.5 x 6 x 5 cm (11 5/8 x 2 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50103 + SI. 16279, 1126 + Nunivak / W.H, Dall
Provenance
Collector William Healey Dall
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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