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NA9915.1

From: Alaska | Utkiavik | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9915.1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Utkiavik | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

For ornament. See NA9912. This has thong and stop (.2). Piece of hide pulled through cylindrical section of horn, slightly thicker in the middle, with ivory knob at one end.
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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