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Jade chisels from Alaska, in the Museum of the American Indian
Jade chisels from Alaska, in the Museum of the American Indian
Object Number 2004.29.2945
Display Title Jade chisels from Alaska, in the Museum of the American Indian
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Alaska / P. (postcard) A 10 #8"; printed on postcard: "12. Jade chisels from Alaska, Museum of the American Indian. Heye Foundation, New York. (cat. 10-1809-1811. 1820)"
Keywords
  • Ethnographic
  • Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
  • chisel
Department Photographic
Date 1820
Artist Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation
Culture
  • Pre-Columbian Arctic and Subarctic styles
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Postcard adhered to Paperboard
Dimensions Overall: 9.53 x 13.97 cm (3 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)

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