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Description

A set of five wolf killers, each made from a strip of baleen with ends that have been cut at an angle, and folded several times and tied with sinew.

Information from the Smithsonian

FROM CARD: "ILLUS.: HNDBK. N. AMER. IND., VOL. 5, ARCTIC, PG. 351, FIG. 3. WOLF KILLER....STRIP OF BALEEN SHARPENED AT ENDS, SOFTENED BENT, BOUND INTO SHAPE...EXCHANGE- DR. FRANZ BOAS-AM. MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. JUNE 9. LOANED TO CHILDREN'S MUSEUM 4/30/78. CAT. #7442 RETURNED 6/22/81. LOAN: U.S.I.A. INUA JUN 24 1988. ILLUS.: INUA CATALOGUE. USIA 1988, PL. 50, P.37."

  • Collection: Macfarlane Collection
  • Catalogue Number: E7442-0
  • Object Type: wolf killer
  • Materials: sinew, baleen
  • Manufacturing Techniques: cutting
  • Tags: hunting, land hunting

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