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Object Number
04-48-10/64242
Display Title
Ice staff
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Pole, bone hoop netted to pointed wood staff
Classification
- Pole
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Alaska, north
Materials
Wood, Sinew, Bone, Leather, Metal
Dimensions
Overall: 110 x 10.9 x 12.3 cm (43 5/16 x 4 5/16 x 4 13/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
04-48-10/64242
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
Unknown
(01/01/1904)
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