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Object Number 88-51-10/50023
Display Title Netting needle
Descriptions
Object Description Netting needle, for fish net.
Inventory Description Netting needle, carved wood, tong-like ends
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Date 19th century
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Aleutians West Census Area / Unalaska Island
Additional Geographic Terms Aleutian Islands; Fox Islands
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 53.9 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm (21 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50023 / [75.950] / Oonalaska; Compare with 44995 (in pencil)
Provenance
Collector Unknown (01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant Smithsonian Institution (01/01/1888)

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