Wrist Shield

41938

From: Alaska | Point Barrow

Curatorial Section: American

Native Name Man-Yi-Ah
Object Number 41938
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience Alaska | Point Barrow
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Mammoth Ivory
Description

Wrist shield. Man-yi-ah. Used to protect wrist in shooting bow and arrow. Mammoth ivory.

Credit Line E. A. McIlhenny Expedition to Point Barrow, 1899

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