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Object Number
88-51-10/50204
Display Title
Bird bolas
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Snare, bird bolas, carved antler weights, rawhide cord, feather attached to end
Classification
- Snare
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
Unalakleet
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Antler, Rawhide, Feather
Dimensions
Overall: 26.6 x 14.6 x 2.4 cm (10 1/2 x 5 3/4 x 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50204, 37647
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(1878)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99-11-10/52390 | Bolas for capturing birds |
Snare
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52073 | Bird bolas |
Snare
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 49-38-10/31708 | Bird bolas - 7 pieces of bone |
Snare
|
Alaska
| |
| 98-18-10/52074 | Bird bolas |
Snare
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52076 | Bird bolas |
Snare
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 98-18-10/52075 | Bird bolas |
Snare
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 29-26-10/98401 | Bola |
Snare
|
Alaska
| |
| 24-20-10/98057 | Bird bolas |
Fishing and trapping
Raw Material |
Alaska
| |
| 53-36-60/10143 | Bola of bone ivory and string on braided sinue - bird feathers are missing |
Snare
|
Siberia
| |
| 87-15-10/45756 | Bird bolas |
Bola
|
Unalaska Island
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Balls of bird bolas
| 13-52-10/88614 | Balls of bird bolas |
North Slope Burough
| ||
| 46-62-30/5432 | Bolas weight |
Metal
Raw Material |
Puma Orqo Hill
|