Ancient Sled-Runner
name: label: Collector
content: Dr. Elisha K. Kane
label: Donor Name
content: Accession Number Unknown
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "LOCALITY: GREENLAND--RENSSELEAR HARBOR.**. REMARKS: OF THE EASTERN ESKIMO. MADE FROM FRAGMENTS OF WHALE'S JAW FITTED TOGETHER AND SEWED WITH RAWHIDE; RUNNER OF WALRUS IVORY. THE UTTER LACK OF TIMBER IN THAT REGION IS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE AND ALSO THE SKILL FOR THE ECONOMY OF THE ESKIMOS IN THE NUMBER OF HOLES BORED FOR LASHING. RELIC OF DR. KANE'S EXPEDITION. 6 JANUARY 1970 LOANED TO NPG. RET. 6/23/70. **THIS HAD BEEN KANE'S WINTER QUARTERS.ILLUS. IN USNM REPT1894, FIG. 259, P 572."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Oct 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Rensselear Harbor, Greenland
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 000000
label: USNM Number
content: E10417-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sled Runner