Strip of cleaned sinew taken from the back of a dolphin, partially unravelled into threads. [SM (Verve) 09/06/2014]

Collection type: Object
Description: Strip of cleaned sinew taken from the back of a dolphin, partially unravelled into threads. [SM (Verve) 09/06/2014]
Long description: Strip of cleaned sinew taken from the back of a dolphin, partially unravelled into threads. Part of a set of specimens illustrating the manufacture of thread and string and needles used to sew with sinew threads. [SM (Verve) 09/06/2014]
Geographical reference: Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Northern America > North America > Greenland (Autonomous Country of Denmark)
Cultural groups: Inuit (Greenland); Inuit
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Unknown
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884 Found unentered: 2002
Materials and processes: Material Sinew, Process Tied
Dimensions: Width: max 9 mm, Length: max 406 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.140.1733.2 PR no.: 5/ 387 Other PRM accession number: 2002.82.1 .2
Research and responses: There are no objects with the fraction number 387 in the green book. If my theory about fraction numbers is correct [see Introduction to the Lt-Genl PR catalogue] then objects with this number should have associated dates of between March 1874 and June 1874 [AP]

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