Very Rare Alaskan Inuit 'Leaf-Shaped' Net Weaving Tool
Bone, 15.58 grams, 163 mm. Post-Small Tool Tradition, Norton People; Circa 1st century AD. A delicately carved fishing net weaving tool, with an eyelet for attachment of a sinew line. Reference: Emily Elizabeth Auger The Way of Inuit Art. Very fine condition. Provenance: from pre-1960 excavations at Cape Nome, Alaska, with the reference number G-266 on a white panel.