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Trap stick
Object Number 69-30-10/1755
Display Title Trap stick
Descriptions
Object Description Tool made of bone. Trap stick
Inventory Description Carved bone tool, handle of 2 carved animals, rounded shaft.
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Northwest Coast
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 19 x 5.5 x 1.3 cm (7 1/2 x 2 3/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 69-30-10/1755
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867 - 1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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