Bodkin

NA515

From: Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA515
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Ivory
Technique Engraved
Description

Two flat bodkins attached with a bone link. One bodkin has diagonal lines in black and a fish on one side. The other bodkin has circle and dot designs.

Length 8.7 cm
Width 1.7 cm
Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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