Bone Ornament
date: label: Accession Date
content: 29 Jan 1935
name: label: Donor Name
content: Dr. Ales F. Hrdlicka
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Not identified by layer. Perforated disc with leaf-like appendage; incised deco. on convex side." Illus. Fig. 107, p. 116 in Crowell, Aron, Amy F. Steffian, and Gordon L. Pullar. 2001. Looking both ways: heritage and identity of the Alutiiq people. Fairbanks, Alaska: University of Alaska Press. Identified there: "Caribou hoof carving, A.D. 1-1100. This carving represents a caribou's split hoof and dew claws. Caribou are not indigenous to the Kodiak archipelago, where the carving was found, though caribou antler was a common trade item during the middle prehistoric period. Antler was prized for its density and resilience. It was used to make many common objects, from harpoon points to wedges for splitting wood and bone."
label: Notes
content: Illus. Fig. 74 p. 72 in Chaussonnet, Valerie. 1995. Crossroads Alaska: native cultures of Alaska and Siberia. Washington, D.C.: Arctic Studies Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Kodiak Island / Uyak Bay, Kodiak Quad / Kodiak Islands, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 128956
label: USNM Number
content: A377893-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ornament
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 6 cm