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

Accession Lot

  • Object[2,433]
  • no[194]
  • yes[2,239]
  • no[2,433]
  • american[2,433]
  • 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[55]
  • 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[2,433]
  • kugusugaruk[30]
  • north america[46]
  • north slope borough[46]
  • nunavak[19]
  • nuwak[3]
  • nuwuk[835]
  • pegnuek[31]
  • point barrow[71]
  • point barrow region[2,362]
  • united states of america[955]
  • utkiavik[1,581]
  • walukpant[26]
  • birnirk[49]
  • contemporary[1]
  • historic[1]
  • eskimo[2,225]
  • inuit[189]
  • inuit-inupiaq[4]
  • arctic culture area[2,433]
  • 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[242]
  • baleen[30]
  • beads[1]
  • beak[2]
  • bear teeth[4]
  • bear tooth[6]
  • bird skin[1]
  • blubber[1]
  • bone[1,627]
  • brass[16]
  • caribou[2]
  • caribou fur[2]
  • caribou skin[2]
  • chalcedony[6]
  • chert[2]
  • claw[4]
  • clay[3]
  • cloth[3]
  • 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[5]
  • glass[8]
  • graphite[1]
  • hide[11]
  • horn (animal part)[13]
  • iron[79]
  • ivory[444]
  • jade[24]
  • jasper[4]
  • lead[9]
  • leather[2]
  • loon skin[1]
  • mesh[15]
  • metal[6]
  • moss[1]
  • paint[1]
  • plant fiber[2]
  • 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[19]
  • skin[14]
  • slate[121]
  • soapstone[21]
  • squirrel skin[1]
  • steel[3]
  • stone[46]
  • thong[1]
  • tooth[4]
  • whale baleen[1]
  • whale bone[16]
  • whalebone[3]
  • wolverine skin[1]
  • wood[245]
  • basketry[2]
  • braided[1]
  • carved[6]
  • charred[4]
  • embroidered[2]
  • incised[9]
  • painted[1]
  • perforated[7]
  • tanned[8]
  • yes[27]
Not On Display

1981 - 2010 of 2,433 Records

NA7262

NA7262

Sinew Dryer (uncertain)

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NA6784

NA6784

Dish

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NA7231

NA7231

Spoon

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NA6541A

NA6541A

Swivel

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NA7225

NA7225

Ulu Blade

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NA7297.1

NA7297.1

Fire Making Outfit

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NA7170.1

NA7170.1

Swivel

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NA9602

NA9602

Harpoon Head

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NA6670

NA6670

Drill Cord

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NA6624

NA6624

Swivel

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NA7009

NA7009

Headdress

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NA6899

NA6899

Dish

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NA6562.1

NA6562.1

Seal Drag Handle

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NA7062.1

NA7062.1

Harpoon Head

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NA9973

NA9973

Labret

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NA7017

NA7017

Parka

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NA6793

NA6793

Dipper

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NA9913

NA9913

Needle Case

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NA7137.1

NA7137.1

Net Weight

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NA9900

NA9900

Whetstone

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NA6778

NA6778

Dish

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NA6771

NA6771

Blubber Hook Point

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NA9960.1

NA9960.1

Labret

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NA7232

NA7232

Spoon

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NA6808

NA6808

Dish (uncertain)

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NA6802

NA6802

Ice Scoop

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NA6792

NA6792

Ladle

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NA7003

NA7003

Sealskin

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NA6542.1

NA6542.1

Swivel

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NA6689

NA6689

Adze Handle

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NA7200

NA7200

Pipe

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NA6943

NA6943

Tinder Kit

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