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Object Number
88-51-10/50307
Display Title
Bone ice pick - fastened to butt of harpoon to break ice in enlarging seal hole
Descriptions
Object Description
Bone ice pick - fastened to butt of harpoon to break ice in enlarging seal hole
Inventory Description
Ice pick, carved bone, tapered for hafting, perforated
Classification
- Ice pick
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Nome Census Area
/
St. Lawrence Island
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 30.2 x 2.6 x 2.7 cm (11 7/8 x 1 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50307 & [45734] St. Lawrence I. Alaska, Capt Hooper USRM & Tenon
Provenance
Collector
Capt. Hooper
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Tools
|
United States
| |
| 41-29-10/23364 | Ivory harpoon ice pick |
Harpoon point
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 15-23-10/86077 | Ice pick |
Pick
|
Old Hut Site
| |
| 41-29-10/23181 | Harpoon ice pick of ivory |
Utilized ivory
|
St. Lawrence Island
| |
| 15-23-10/86078 | Ice pick |
Utilized ivory
|
Old Hut Site
| |
|
Image Not Available
for Ice pick, broken
| 07-8-10/75200 | Ice pick, broken |
Flander's Point
| ||
| 99-11-10/52402 | Scoop for removing ice from seal holes |
Fishing and trapping
|
Nome Census Area
| |
| 59-14-10/38867 | Stone carving - man stalking seal on ice |
Carving
|
Povungnituk
| |
| 62-3-10/39142 | Bone carving - 3 seals and raven on ice |
Sculpture
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 61-22-10/39100 | Stone carving - seal on drift ice |
Carving
|
Pelly Bay
| |
| 59-14-10/38856 | Stone carving (2 pieces) - man and seal lying on ice |
Figurine
|
Povungnituk
| |
| 17-20-10/87228 | Ice chisel for end of harpoon ? |
Harpoon
|
Canada
|