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Object Number 97-17-10/51117
Display Title Mouth pieces for drills
Descriptions
Object Description Mouth pieces for drills
Inventory Description Drill mouthpieces, worked bone (vertebrae), highly worn
Classification
  • Tool
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hebron
Intrasite Grave
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 2.8 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm (1 1/8 x 2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 51117 & 694 & 695
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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