Feather Cutting? Board
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 BOARD. ONE LATERAL EDGE IS BROKEN OFF. RECTANGULAR IN SHAPE. RANDOMLY PLACED CUTMARKS ARE RANDOMLY PLACED ON BOTH SURFACES. IN THE CENTER OF ONE SIDE IS A 3 CM DIAMETER AREA OF SMALL PIN-PRICK SIZE HOLES. FORD (1959: FIG 55H) IDENTIFIES OBJECT AS A "BOARD FOR CUTTING FEATHERS FOR FLETCHING ARROWS."
label: Notes
content: Repatriated to the Village of Barrow 27 August 2025.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 3 Sep 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
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 242284
label: USNM Number
content: A399465-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Cutting Board
physicalDescription: label: Maximum Length - Board
content: 16.6 cm
label: Maximum Width - Board
content: 4.1 cm
label: Maximum Thickness - Board
content: 0.53 cm
label: Weight - Board
content: 13.5 g