Bola/Boleadora

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Culture/People: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]

Collection History: Collection history unknown; purchased by MAI from an unknown source circa 1950.
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Place: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

See related items: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]; Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 21/4559
Barcode: 214559.001

Object Type: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare

Object Name: Bola/Boleadora
Media/Materials: Animal Bone, sinew, beach grass/rye grass
Techniques: Carved, perforated, wrapped

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws64a5818e3-0ab7-44ee-9f11-bb4a69b6a6d0

Record ID: NMAI_228999