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Maker(s):Unknown
Culture:Native American; American Indian; Yupik or Iñupiat
Title:Shuttle
Type:Textile Working Tool
Materials:Bone or ivory
Place Made:North America; United States; Alaska
Measurements:Overall: 1/4 in x 1 in x 6 1/16 in; .6 cm x 2.5 cm x 15.4 cm
Accession Number:  MH 7.G
Credit Line:Gift of Mary Gage Peterson (Class of 1865)
Museum Collection:  Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
 

This object is under review for NAGPRA-sensitivity.

Recent updates to NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) require consent from lineal descendants and/or affiliated Native American Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations before displaying or researching cultural items. We have removed the public image of this belonging until we can learn more about the wishes of affiliated Tribal officials or the descendants of those who made it.

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Description:
Shuttle in shape of a whale carved from bone/ivory with oblong hole for mouth and black markings signifying teeth, eyes, and scales on both sides. Long slit with tiny teeth carved all around. Eyes and nostrils incised, decoarative rows of pin-point incisions run from cheek to tail.

Tags:
indigenous people; Native American

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