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Implement For Straightening Arrow Shafts
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
a carved, ivory shaft wrench, used to straighten arrow shafts. Collected by Edward W. Nelson from Hotham Inlet, Kotzbue Sound, Alaska. Photographed prior to display in "Arctic: A Friend Acting Strangely," a temporary exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. in 2006.
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- Title: Implement For Straightening Arrow Shafts
- Location: Hotham Inlet, Kotzbue Sound, Alaska, United States, North America
- Type: Shaft Wrench
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): E64159-0
- Photo Credit: Chip Clark, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Anthropology
- Accession Date: 1882-02-09
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