Whale Bone Shaver

NA9843

From: United States of America | Alaska | Point Barrow Region | Utkiavik

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number NA9843
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Point Barrow Region | Utkiavik
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Bone | Ivory
Description

Probably blade end of a crooked knife, handle used for this purpose.

Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Point Barrow Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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