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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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