Bola

41470

From: Alaska | Point Barrow Inland

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 41470
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Point Barrow Inland
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Sinew | Ivory | Walrus Bone
Description

Bird bola. Duck sling. Ka-leb-a-tew-tig, (Ca-leb-a-tau-tig). Strung with braided sinew. 7 pear-shaped, 5 ivory, 2 walrus bone pieces.

Length 51 cm
Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899

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