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Object Number
88-51-10/50438
Display Title
Pick for frozen earth
Descriptions
Object Description
Pick for frozen earth; also used for splitting wood.
Inventory Description
Pick, wood handle with long pointed bone head lashed with hide, notched end
Classification
- Axe
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1880s
Culture
- Yupik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
/
Kodiak Island Borough
Materials
Wood, Whalebone, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 51.5 x 54 x 5 cm (20 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50438/ [crossed out] 90423/ Kodiak/ 69/ K##k#q#m
Provenance
Collector
W. J. Fisher
(01/01/1838-01/01/1886)
Exchange participant
Smithsonian Institution
(01/01/1888)
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