Whaling Outfit

Box

NA4784

From: Alaska | Sledge Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4784
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Sledge Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Wood
Iconography Bear
Description

Part of whaling outfit. Carved wooden box in shape of polar bear. Compartment for lance blades.

Length 18.5 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Seward Peninsula/Siberia; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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