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Bone slider for throwing on ice
Bone slider for throwing on ice
Object Number 08-16-10/73101
Display Title Bone slider for throwing on ice
Descriptions
Object Description Bone slider for throwing on ice
Inventory Description Bone, rectangular shape with tapered end, other end, two extended wood sticks
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Crow
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States
Materials Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 35.5 x 6.5 x 1 cm (14 x 2 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 73101
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Mrs. Lewis H. Farlow (1908)

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