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Inuit scraper made from wood, stone and inlaid with glass beads
Arctic, Inuit
Inuit scraper made from wood, stone and inlaid with glass beads
Arctic, Inuit
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Ivory sinker / Arctic, Inuit

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Fossil ivory net sinker.

The Inuit would typically fish for Arctic char, trout, and cod.

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Title(s): 
Ivory sinker
Culture: 
Arctic, Inuit
Date: 
1800s
Period: 
Historic
Place: 
Saint Lawrence Island, Alaska
Materials/Techniques: 
Ivory
Classification: 
Archaeological Objects
Object Type: 
Ivory Sinker
Accession No: 
83.1764
Department: 
Anthropology
Collection: 
Kravis Discovery Center
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