Point

50-51-17

From: United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 50-51-17
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Cape Prince of Wales
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Ivory
Technique Carved
Description

Ivory (?). Flat and thin, one end tapering to a point. Other end appears to have terminated in a tip, although part of this end looks as if it might have been broken. Entire point roughened with shallow grooves.

Height 0.4 cm
Length 6.3 cm
Width 0.6 cm
Credit Line Bering Strait Expedition, F. G. Rainey, 1950

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