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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
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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