E0187: Inuit- Sled Runner fragment

Ethnographic

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Identifier:

E0187

Classification Category:

Land Transportation:Animal-Powered

Marks/Labels:

Tag: "Eskimo sleigh runner for sleigh made of bone. Nome, Alaska."

Materials:

botanical ➔ wood
animal ➔ ivory

Dimensions:

17.5 cm L
3 cm W
1.1 cm H

Provenance of Object:

This object was held in the museum that Luther College started in 1877. This museum eventually grew into the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, and following this, non-Norwegian American ethnographic objects were returned to Luther and accessioned into the college’s Anthropology Collection. Without additional documentation, was likely obtained by the Luther College Museum (later the Norwegian-American Museum) between the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Source Locality:

Nome, Alaska, USA

Description:

Fragment of a sled runner, a piece of a sled, made of ivory with wooden pegs.

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