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Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

Accession Lot

  • Object[2,434]
  • no[215]
  • yes[2,219]
  • no[2,434]
  • american[2,434]
  • adze blade[13]
  • adze haft[28]
  • adze head[4]
  • arrow[8]
  • arrow shaft straightener[6]
  • arrowhead[229]
  • awl[22]
  • bag[5]
  • bag handle[6]
  • bear tooth[4]
  • bird bolt[53]
  • bird dart[4]
  • blade[5]
  • blubber knife[6]
  • bodkin[15]
  • bola[10]
  • bola weight[15]
  • bolt[6]
  • boot[19]
  • boot sole[6]
  • box[7]
  • bucket bottom[5]
  • bull-roarer[5]
  • carving[18]
  • charm[24]
  • comb (hair - grooming tool)[38]
  • crooked knife[34]
  • dart foreshaft[5]
  • dart socket[7]
  • dipper[13]
  • dish[25]
  • double-eyed block[5]
  • drill[12]
  • drill bow[6]
  • drill mouthpiece[5]
  • drum handle[5]
  • ferrule[22]
  • figure[14]
  • fish hook[58]
  • fish line[5]
  • flint flaker[15]
  • foreshaft[6]
  • gauge[17]
  • goggles[5]
  • handle[31]
  • harpoon[19]
  • harpoon finger rest[6]
  • harpoon foreshaft[7]
  • harpoon head[259]
  • harpoon head case[6]
  • harpoon point[11]
  • harpoon socket[9]
  • ice pick[40]
  • ice scoop[8]
  • knife[146]
  • knife blade[21]
  • knife handle[27]
  • labret[132]
  • lamp[15]
  • marlin spike[7]
  • maul[10]
  • mitten[7]
  • model[28]
  • needle case[31]
  • needle case hook[19]
  • net gauge[19]
  • net shuttle[10]
  • net sinker[6]
  • net weight[13]
  • netting needle[8]
  • object[95]
  • ornament[7]
  • parka[5]
  • pendant[5]
  • pick axe head[20]
  • pipe[9]
  • pipe bowl[12]
  • point[56]
  • scraper[39]
  • seal drag handle[29]
  • shovel fragment[6]
  • sinew dryer[5]
  • sinew instrument[5]
  • sinew twister[10]
  • skin[10]
  • snow shovel[5]
  • spear head[27]
  • spear point[17]
  • spinning top[11]
  • spoon[6]
  • swivel[20]
  • throwing board[6]
  • toy[29]
  • twister[12]
  • ulu blade[9]
  • wedge[15]
  • whale bone shaver[18]
  • whetstone[12]
  • wolf killer[16]
  • wrist guard[19]
  • alaska[2,434]
  • kugusugaruk[30]
  • north america[46]
  • north slope borough[46]
  • nunavak[19]
  • nuwak[3]
  • nuwuk[836]
  • pegnuek[31]
  • point barrow[71]
  • point barrow region[2,363]
  • united states of america[956]
  • utkiavik[1,582]
  • walukpant[26]
  • birnirk[49]
  • contemporary[1]
  • historic[1]
  • eskimo[2,226]
  • inuit[189]
  • inuit-inupiaq[4]
  • arctic culture area[2,434]
  • mound 1[35]
  • mound 2[3]
  • mound 3[3]
  • mound 3?[1]
  • mound 4[2]
  • mound 5[5]
  • alaska[1]
  • animal[1]
  • animal head[1]
  • bear[6]
  • bear head[2]
  • bird[1]
  • boot[2]
  • bow[1]
  • fish?[2]
  • fox[1]
  • fox head[1]
  • fox?[1]
  • human figure[2]
  • human head[6]
  • hunting record[1]
  • kayak[2]
  • lamp[1]
  • male head[1]
  • man[8]
  • paddle[2]
  • point barrow region[1]
  • polar bear[3]
  • porcupine[1]
  • reindeer[1]
  • seal[10]
  • seal head[1]
  • spear[2]
  • stool[2]
  • torso[1]
  • trap[4]
  • utkiavik[1]
  • whale[11]
  • woman[1]
  • amber[3]
  • animal bone[1]
  • animal teeth[1]
  • antler[243]
  • baleen[28]
  • beads[1]
  • beak[2]
  • bear teeth[4]
  • bear tooth[6]
  • bird skin[1]
  • blubber[1]
  • bone[1,616]
  • brass[16]
  • caribou[4]
  • chalcedony[6]
  • chert[2]
  • claw[2]
  • clay[3]
  • cloth[1]
  • coal[17]
  • copper[17]
  • cord[1]
  • cotton[1]
  • duck feathers[1]
  • duck skin[5]
  • eagle feathers[1]
  • fabric[3]
  • feather[4]
  • feathers[2]
  • fiber[3]
  • flint[113]
  • fossil ivory[8]
  • fox skin[1]
  • fur[3]
  • glass[7]
  • graphite[1]
  • hide[9]
  • horn (animal part)[13]
  • iron[79]
  • ivory[445]
  • jade[24]
  • jasper[4]
  • lead[9]
  • leather[2]
  • loon skin[1]
  • mesh[15]
  • metal[6]
  • moss[1]
  • paint[1]
  • polar bear skin[2]
  • pyrite[1]
  • rawhide[16]
  • reindeer[2]
  • reindeer fur[3]
  • reindeer sinew[2]
  • reindeer skin[21]
  • rock crystal[1]
  • rodent skin[1]
  • sandstone[1]
  • seal fur[1]
  • seal gut[4]
  • seal skin[11]
  • sealskin[18]
  • sinew[17]
  • skin[15]
  • slate[121]
  • soapstone[21]
  • squirrel skin[1]
  • steel[3]
  • stone[44]
  • thong[1]
  • tooth[4]
  • whale baleen[1]
  • whale bone[17]
  • whalebone[3]
  • wolverine skin[1]
  • wood[242]
  • basketry[2]
  • braided[1]
  • carved[6]
  • charred[4]
  • embroidered[2]
  • incised[9]
  • painted[1]
  • perforated[7]
  • tanned[8]
  • yes[27]

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NA4712

NA4712

Harpoon Point

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NA4771A

NA4771A

Sinew

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NA6892

NA6892

Mask Fragment

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NA7250

NA7250

Mask

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NA4772

NA4772

Line

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NA6893

NA6893

Mask

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NA4770

NA4770

Raw Material

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NA4711

NA4711

Point

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NA4773

NA4773

Line

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NA6891

NA6891

Mask Fragment

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NA4771B

NA4771B

Sinew

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NA9595

NA9595

Toggle Head

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NA7053.1

NA7053.1

Harpoon Foreshaft

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NA7317

NA7317

Harpoon Point

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NA9645

NA9645

Harpoon Head

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NA6648

NA6648

Harpoon Rest

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NA10414

NA10414

Harpoon Head

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NA7306.1

NA7306.1

Harpoon Head

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NA7054

NA7054

Harpoon Foreshaft

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NA9577.1

NA9577.1

Harpoon Head

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NA6647

NA6647

Harpoon Rest

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NA9646

NA9646

Harpoon Head

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NA7066.1

NA7066.1

Harpoon Head

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NA9611.1

NA9611.1

Harpoon Head

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NA9701

NA9701

Harpoon Head

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NA10357

NA10357

Harpoon Head

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NA9576.1

NA9576.1

Harpoon Head

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NA9588

NA9588

Harpoon Head

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NA9589.1

NA9589.1

Harpoon

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NA9584

NA9584

Harpoon Head

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NA6525.1

NA6525.1

Blubber Knife

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NA10420

NA10420

Harpoon Socket

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