Sinew

NA400

From: Alaska | Cape Nome

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA400
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Cape Nome
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials White Whale Sinew
Description

Made of sinew of a white whale and used for making thread.

Credit Line Alaska Ethnological Expedition, George Byron Gordon, 1905

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