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Small bone implement--hatchet-shaped--netting spacer
Small bone implement--hatchet-shaped--netting spacer
Object Number 38-17-10/9728
Display Title Small bone implement--hatchet-shaped--netting spacer
Descriptions
Object Description Small bone implement--hatchet-shaped--netting spacer
Inventory Description Net spacer, carved bone, broad handle, rectangular blade, pointed end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kotzebue
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.2 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm (5 3/16 x 15/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 38-17-10/9728
Provenance
Collector Mrs. William Harris Arnold (1892-1937)
Donor Mrs. William Harris Arnold (1938)

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