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1. Adze

Museum number:: 2-4042
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Adzes
Function:: 1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Dimensions:: length 67.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Collection date:: 1898

2. Arrow

Museum number:: 2-6597
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo and Aleut
Object class:: Arrows (projectiles)
Function:: 1.1 Hunting and Fishing
Dimensions:: whole— diameter 1.8 centimeters and whole— length 95.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Bering Sea, Western Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

3. Bowl

Museum number:: 2-58521
Culture or time period:: Nipmuck
Object class:: Bowls (vessels)
Dimensions:: diameter 19.4 centimeters
Collector:: Granny" Arms and Jane E. Church
Collection place:: Old Deerfield, Massachusetts
Collection date:: 1730

4. Box and lid

Museum number:: 2-19026a,b
Culture or time period:: Eastern Woodland tribes
Object class:: Boxes (containers)
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Northeast woodlands, Northeastern United States
Collection date:: unknown
Taxon:: Erethizon dorsatum

5. Canoe

Museum number:: 2-9201
Culture or time period:: Northern Athapaskan tribes
Object class:: Canoes
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Dimensions:: depth 45.7 centimeters, length 503.2 centimeters, and width 68.5 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown

6. Canoe

Museum number:: 2-6351
Culture or time period:: Northern Athapaskan tribes
Object class:: Canoes
Function:: 1.4 Transportation
Dimensions:: width 76.2 centimeters, length 538.8 centimeters, and depth 40.6 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Subarctic, North America
Collection date:: unknown

7. Container

Museum number:: 2-58520a-c
Culture or time period:: Eastern Woodland tribes
Object class:: Containers (receptacles)
Dimensions:: b)— length 19.5 centimeters, c)— length 21.5 centimeters, and a)— length 21 centimeters
Collector:: Members of the Church Family
Collection place:: Massachusetts
Collection date:: 1700-1799
Taxon:: Erethizon dorsatum

8. Shed model

Museum number:: 2-6420
Culture or time period:: Alaskan Eskimo
Object class:: Models (representations) and Sheds (storage structures)
Function:: 5.7 Objects made for sale, souvenirs, models, and reproductions
Dimensions:: height 40 centimeters
Collector:: unknown
Collection place:: Alaska
Collection date:: unknown