Section of Sled runner
Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic
collected 1905
Whale bone
Overall: 14 3/8 × 1 7/16 × 11/16 in. (36.5 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm)
Overall: 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill
46.17.9674
Geography
Place Made: Point Barrow, United States, North America
Period
20th century
Object Name
Transportation: Land
Research Area
Native American
Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic
Not on view
Inscriptions
Attached Tag: "Section of sled runner, made from whale jaw bone. Point Barrow, Alaska. Collected in 1905."
Provenance
Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Point Barrow, Alaska, July 31st, 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.
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