Bone chisel or wedge
Unangax̂ (Aleut)
Arctic
Western Arctic
possibly archaeological
Bone
Overall: 4 3/4 × 1 1/8 × 5/16 in. (12 × 2.9 × 0.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sydney L. Ruggles, Class of 1908
48.22.10947
Geography
Place Found: Semichi Islands, possibly Shemya Island, Aleutian Islands, United States, North America
Object Name
Artifact
Research Area
Archaeology
Not on view
Provenance
Collected by Sydney Lee Ruggles, (Dartmouth Class of 1908, 1887-1974), June 1948; given to present collection, 1948.
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