Sinew Splitter

45-12-81

From: United States of America | Alaska | Attu Island | Little Mike Point Region | Aleutian Islands

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 45-12-81
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Aleut
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Attu Island | Little Mike Point Region | Aleutian Islands
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Locus mound I
Period Aleutian Tradition
Date Made 2500 BCE-1800 CE
Section American
Materials Bone
Description

Bone. Used for splitting sinew into thread. Double pointed with central perforation for a thread, by which is is hung from the left wrist.

Length 10 cm
Credit Line Gift of Charles C. Chapple, 1945

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