Bow/sinew tightener
date: label: Date created
content: probably 2500 BC–AD 1800
name: label: Culture/People
content: probably Aleutian Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
label: Collector
content: William Kolok, Non-Indian, 1914-2009
label: Seller
content: William Kolok, Non-Indian, 1914-2009
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collected by William Kolok (1914-2009, of East Port Chester, Connecticut) in 1944 or 1945 when he served as a member of the US Navy’s Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 635 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska; purchased by MAI from William Kolok in 1946.
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place: label: Place
content: Dutch Harbor; Aleut Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
label: Archipelago
content: Aleutian Islands
label: Island Name
content: Unalaska Island
label: Island Grouping
content: Fox Islands
setName: label: See related items
content: Aleutian Tradition (archaeological culture)
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 20/9232
label: Barcode
content: 209232.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Bow/sinew tightener
label: Media/Materials
content: Animal Bone
label: Techniques
content: Carved