Throwing Board

42149

From: Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Nok-Shak
Object Number 42149
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Nuwuk | Point Barrow Region
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood | Ivory
Description

Throwing board or stick. Nok-chak. For throwing bird spears. Wooden; tiny ivory notch.

Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899
Other Number 899 - Field No SF

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