Dowel
date: label: Accession Date
content: 3 Mar 1958
name: label: Collector
content: James A. Ford
label: Donor Name
content: American Museum of Natural History
label: Site Name
content: Birnirk
notes: label: Notes
content: ONE WOODEN DOWEL, SHAFT TAPERS TO A POINT AT ONE END. ENDS APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN BITTEN OR CHEWED, MORE PROMINENTLY AT THE THICKER END. MULTIPLE TOOTHMARKS, WHICH APPEAR TO BE HUMAN, ON THE THICKER END. 6 CENTIMETERS FROM THE THICKEST END IS A ONE CM WIDE SHALLOW INDENTATION POSSIBLY CAUSED BY WEAR. CATALOG RECORDS DESCRIBE THIS AS A SKIN STRETCHING PEG. TINY REGULAR HOLE 1.6 MM DIAMETER PIERCES THE SHAFT IN THE MIDDLE.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 24 Jul 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Barrow Quad, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit, Greenland Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 242284
label: USNM Number
content: A399464A-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Dowel
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Dowel
content: 25.2 cm
label: Maximum Thickness - Dowel
content: 1.14 cm
label: Weight - Dowel
content: 9.2 g