Net shuttle

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Culture/People: probably Caribou Inuit (attributed)
Previous owner: Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933
Donor: Frank H. Wood, Non-Indian, 1851-1933

Collection History: Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Frank H. Wood (1851-1933), a collector and curator of the Old Dartmouth Historical Society in New Bedford, Massachusetts; donated to MAI by Frank Wood in 1918.
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Place: Marble Island; Kivalliq Region (Keewatin); Nunavut; Canada
Archipelago: Canadian Arctic Archipelago
Island Name: Marble Island
Island Grouping: Hudson Bay Islands

See related items: Caribou Inuit; Weaving tools/equipment

Data Source: National Museum of the American Indian

Catalog Number: 8/7918
Barcode: 087918.000

Object Type: Weaving tools/equipment

Object Name: Net shuttle
Media/Materials: Animal Bone
Techniques: Carved

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ws61a8c0dc9-db38-44d6-89f9-04b44a9b561d

Record ID: NMAI_95001