Ivory Perforator
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "BODKIN.---MADE OF WALRUS IVORY. HANDLE ORNAMENTED BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL LINES CARVED AROUND THE BODKIN. A KNOB CARVED ON THE END OF THE HANDLE. LENGTH, 9 1/4 INCHES; DIAMETER, 3/8 INCH. ESKIMO OF PAIMUT, ALASKA. 38,378. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON." "Bodkin for making sinew thread."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 4 Jan 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38378-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Awl
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 23.49 cm
label: Diameter - Object
content: 0.953 cm