Sinew Splitter
45-12-277
From: United States of America | Alaska | Attu Island | Little Mike Point Region | Aleutian Islands
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 45-12-277 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Aleut |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Attu Island | Little Mike Point Region | Aleutian Islands |
| Culture Area | Arctic Culture Area |
| Locus | mound II |
| Period | Aleutian Tradition |
| Date Made | 2500 BCE-1800 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Bird Bone |
| Description | Bird bone. Used for splitting sinew into thread. Double pointed (one point broken) with central perforation for a thread by which it hangs from the left wrist. Incomplete and doubtful. |
| Length | 7.6 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Charles C. Chapple, 1945 |
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