Scott Polar Research Institute
Museum catalogue: Arctic Material Culture Collection
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| Accession no.: | Y: 2018/4/5 | ||||||
| Title: | Toggle | ||||||
| Description: | A polar-bear bone toggle with one flat face and a notch across the width on the opposing face, on a seal-skin thong strung with seven bone beads. Collected by Professor Lawrence Rickard and Phyllis Wager during the British East Greenland Expedition, 1935-36. | ||||||
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| Number of items: | 1 | ||||||
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A toggle of bone with striations resembling horn, suggesting the bone is from a polar bear. The toggle has one flat face and a notch across the width on the opposing rounded face. The whole tapers to a thin tip at the distal end. The opposite end of the toggle is deeper and perforated for suspension on a seal-skin thong strung with seven semi-spherical bone beads. |
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