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CAS Anthropology Collections Database


Catalog Number

CAS 0521-0043   CAS 0521-0043; 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 Cylindrical piece of ivory, tapered to blunt point on one end and partially drilled longitudinally from opposite end, probably for hafting of awl; Series of shallow, parallel grooves are incised around drilled end; Surfaces are highly polished.
Dimensions (cm) Max Diam = 1.6, Length = 10.8