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Object Number 56-8-10/35337B
Display Title Wooden pin
Descriptions
Object Description Model of a kayak and apparatus belonging thereto. Wooden pin
Inventory Description Pin, carved wood, ivory insert at one end?, splitting
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Thule, 25 miles north of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 17.9 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (7 1/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 56-8-10/35337B
Provenance
Intermediary Dr. Henry Field
Collector Tomas A. Lingoya (1955 - 1956)
Donor Tomas A. Lingoya (1955 - 1956)

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