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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0521-0011   CAS 0521-0011; Ivory implement
Category Tools & Implements
Object Name Ivory implement
Culture Eskimo
Global Region North America
Country USA
State/Prov./Dist. Alaska
County Nome
Other Geographic Data St. Lawrence Island
Maker's Name Unknown
Date of Manufacture
Collection Name N/A
Materials Ivory
Description Indeterminate scraper-like tool carved from single piece of ivory; Implement is adze-shaped overall, with a broad flat surface and blunt, rounded edge toward the distal end; Proximal end is cylindrical but flattened on one face and encircled by a wide flat, groove, possibly for hafting.
Dimensions (cm) Width = 3.9, Thickness = 1.9, Length = 11.7