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Object Number
07-8-10/75237
Display Title
Iron needle case
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Iron cylinder, heavily corroded with fiber attached, broken.
Classification
- Miscellaneous
Department
Archaeological
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Yukon
/
Herschel Island
/
<City>
/
Flander's Point
Intrasite
Grave D9; Grave G1
Materials
Iron
Dimensions
Overall: 5.8 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm (2 5/16 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
75237
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson
(08/03/1906)
Expedition
Anglo-American Polar Expedition
(1907)
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