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Shovel

Image
Accession no.: Y: 49/38
Title: Shovel
Description: Shovel, blade, bone. Iglulingmiut (Iglulik Inuit). Iglulik, Nunavut, Canada. Collected circa 1947.
Object type: Shovel
Classified name:
Current cultural affiliation: Iglulingmiut
Former cultural affiliation: Iglulik Eskimo
Current place name: Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik
Former place name: Canada > Northwest Territories > Igloolik
Keyword(s): Tools
Field collection:
Place: Canada > Nunavut > Iglulik
Date: 1947
Number of items: 1
Full description:

Shovel: For snow, blade only. Blade is made from a single piece of bone in trapezoidal shape. Three circular holes flank two parallel ridges on one side of straight proximal end for attachment of handle (now missing).

Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 232mm; height: ?mm; length: 195mm; diameter: ?mm; depth: ?mm