Dancing Gorget
NA7251
From: Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | NA7251 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Eskimo |
| Provenience | Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Wood |
| Description | Crescent shaped piece of wood with small notches along the curved edge. Painted red with human and animal figures painted in black. Hide cord inserted through two perforations near the center. One end has remnants of a sinew cord while the other end has a metal nail used in a repair, with some sinew cord present, as well. |
| Credit Line | Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919 |
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