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Whalebone shield
Object Number 05-7-10/65478
Display Title Whalebone shield
Descriptions
Inventory Description Shield, tapered oval, upturned sides, 2 sections attached with fiber, 1 handle
Classification
  • Shield
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Clayoquot
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 65 x 24.9 x 8.6 cm (25 9/16 x 9 13/16 x 3 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65478
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1905)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905 - 1905)

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