Tool-Board Paint Etc

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Object Details

Donor Name

Mr. Robert Kennicott

Notes

FROM CARD: "2208 ILLUS., HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL.5, ARCTIC, PG. 354, FIG. 8. TOOLBOARD. WOODEN BOARD, PROBABLY USED TO GRIND & MIX PAINT, WITH TOOLS TIED TOGETHER AT ONE END WITH SINEW CORD: AN IVORY NEEDLE, 2 PIECES OF LEATHER WRAPPING PIGMENT, AND A SMALL KNIFE WITH A METAL BLADE."

Record Last Modified

24 Jan 2020

Specimen Count

Culture

Eskimo

Accession Date

29 Dec 1866

Accession Number

66A00102

USNM Number

E2208-0

Object Type

Tool Board / Needle / Pigment / Knife

Place

Anderson River, Northwest Territories, Canada, North America

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Anthropology

Data Source

NMNH - Anthropology Dept.

Topic

Ethnology

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3eec45737-785c-4dd8-9b40-6d89a78a2a24

Record ID

nmnhanthropology_8364096