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Object Number 53-36-60/10143
Display Title Bola of bone ivory and string on braided sinue - bird feathers are missing
Descriptions
Object Description Bola of bone ivory and string on braided sinue - bird feathers are missing
Inventory Description Snare, bola, 8 worked bone weights attached to vegetable fiber cord
Classification
  • Snare
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chukche
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Dimensions Overall: 21 x 15 x 5 cm (8 1/4 x 5 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 53-36-60/10143

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