Kύmotǐn, Scraping and Cleaning Comb
1998.19.2890
Basic Information
Artifact Identification | Kύmotǐn, Scraping and Cleaning Comb (1998.19.2890) |
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Classification/ Nomenclature |
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Artist/Maker | None |
Geographic Location | |
Period/Date | 1700-1800 |
Culture | Native American: Arctic: Inupiaq (Inuit) |
Physical Analysis
Dimension 1 (Length) | 13.1 cm |
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Dimension 2 (Diameter) | 3.0 cm |
Dimension 3 (N/A) | N/A |
Weight | 72 g |
Measuring Remarks | Dia: 3.4cm H: 13.5cm. --MNH Remarks/Description Field |
Materials | Animal--Bone, Animal--Antler (either caribou or reindeer) |
Manufacturing Processes | Carved |
Munsell Color Information | waived |
Research Remarks
Published Description | N/A |
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Description | N/A |
Comparanda | N/A |
Bibliography | Murdoch, John. Originally published in 1892 and reprinted in 1988, Ethnological Results of the Point Barrow Expedition/Washington, D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, pgs. 300-301. Ford, James Alfred. (1959) Eskimo Prehistory in the Vicinity of Point Barrow, Alaska. New York, pgs. 208-209. Confirms that Crocker Land Expedition never went to Alaska: THE CROCKER LAND EXPEDITION UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND THE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. (1912) Science, New Series 35(898), 404-408. The Crocker Land Expedition. (1913). Science, New Series 38(969), 120-121. The Crocker Land Expedition. (1917). Science, New Series 45(1172) 609-610. Narrative of the Crocker Land Expedition. (1918). Geographical Review, 5(3), 241-243. Hunt, Harrison. J.Thompson, Ruth Hunt. (1980) North to the Horizon: searching for Peary's Crocker Land. Camden, Me.: Down East Books. Kjaer, K.G. & Foxworthy, H. (2004). The Arctic Ship Danmark. Polar Record, 40(212), 31-38. MacMillan, Donald Baxter. Ekblaw, Walter Elmer. (1918, new ed. 1933) Four Years in the White North. New York, Harper & Brother. Preston, Douglas J. (1983) The Search for the Arctic Atlantis. Natural History, 92(11), 112-118. Cheri Vitez, Research Associate, 5/11/2011 |
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Artifact History
Archaeological Data | N/A |
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Credit Line/Dedication | Museum of Natural History, UIUC |
Reproduction | No |
Reproduction Information | N/A |