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Object Number
03-1-10/62776
Display Title
Sinew twister
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Implement, rectangular base, carved stalk, perforated moveable key attached to s
Classification
- Tools
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 14.5 x 7 x 6.5 cm (5 11/16 x 2 3/4 x 2 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
62776
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
(?)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(1903)
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| 03-1-10/62777 | Sinew twister |
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Alaska
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| 2002.1.1830 | Eskimo child’s game, ring and pin variant, wood, sinew, and ivory |
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Raw Material |
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