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51-34-29

From: United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands | Shemya Island

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 51-34-29
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Aleut
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Aleutian Islands | Shemya Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Whale Bone
Description

Roughly rectangular with one curved long side; deep slot into smaller end; large rectangular piercing behind slot; drilled hole (to about half the thickness of the bone). All edges worn. Has long diagonal groove from behind middle of one side to wide end.

Height 3.2 cm
Length 19.5 cm
Width 8.3 cm
Credit Line Gift of Chester Gildea, 1951

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