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Bag Handle (Part)60.1/2981
Bag Handle (Part)60.1/2980
Carved Quiver Or Bag Handle60.1/2972
Bag HandlesE7447-0

SI ARCHIVE DISTRIBUTION DOCUMENTS SAY AN OBJECT WITH THIS NUMBER SENT TO PEABODY MUSEUM, HARVARD, MASS. 1887.Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/30 , retrieved 1-28-2020: Two ivory rods with holes drilled at each end that may have been bag handles, although no bags using this type of handle are present in the collection. One of the handles is straight. The other is curved, and is decorated with engraved lines. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/7: Skin bags used for storing tools and other items often had carrying handles made from antler or ivory. Bag handles commonly had holes drilled at each end for fastening ties that were attached to the bags.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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