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Object Number
90-17-10/49341
Display Title
Cord of braided sinew, or cord and martingale for harpoon
Descriptions
Object Description
Cord of braided sinew, or cord and martingale for harpoon
Inventory Description
Line or cord, braided sinew, possibly for use with harpoon
Classification
- Fishing and trapping
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Aleut?
- Alutiiq?
- Pacific Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands?
Materials
Humpback Whale sinew
Dimensions
Overall: 280 x 1 x 0.3 cm (110 1/4 x 3/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49341
Provenance
Collector
Unknown
Donor
American Antiquarian Society
(01/01/1890)
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