Bone trap pin

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Object Number 69-30-10/1758

Display Title Bone trap pin

Descriptions

Object Description Snare sticks made of bone. Bone trap pin

Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved bone, curved, worked to point, anthropomorphic head

Classification

Tools

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Tlingit

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 24.7 x 2.1 x 1 cm (9 3/4 x 13/16 x 3/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 69-30-10/1758

Provenance

Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)

Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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