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Object Number 2004.24.19719
Display Title Ivory foreshaft
Descriptions
Keywords
  • Studio
  • Archaeological
  • Hunting
Subject
  • Ivory
  • Foreshaft
  • Tool
  • Hunt
  • Artifact
Department Photographic
Date 6/24/1948
Artist Charles Shade
Culture
  • Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutians West Census Area / Umnak Island / Nikolski
Additional Geographic Terms Umnak Island
Dimensions Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)

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