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Ice strainer
Maker
Inconnu / Unknown
Marks or LabelsOriginal label, handwritten with ink: (recto) "Copper Eskimo / Spoon for cleaning ice out of seal hole. On other end of stick about 1' long, they have a spike to jab seal in the eye to kill it after spearing" (verso) " From Kilusigtogmiut / April 1916 / J.J. O'Neill"
Date
1916
Medium / Technique
Musk ox horn
Dimensions15.5 x 3 cm
Origin
Coronation Gulf, Nunavut, Canada
Geocultural Area
Central Arctic
Object NumberME982X.91
CollectionMcCord
CreditGift of J. J. O'Neill
Status
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