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Sinew twister
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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