Snuff Mortar

33-37-582

From: United States of America | Alaska | Nunaktuk Island

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 33-37-582
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo | Chugach
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Nunaktuk Island
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Materials Whale Bone
Description

Carved from whale vertebra. Shape is modern, so is used of snuff.

Length 16.5 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Danish National / University Museum Expedition; Kaj Birket-Smith and Frederica de Laguna, 1933
Other Number 496 - Field Number

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