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Object Number 97-17-10/51139
Display Title Bone edge of wooden snow shovel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Organic, bone, utilized, scraper, curved, tapered to edge, perforated, grooved
Classification
  • Utilized bone
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hebron
Intrasite Grave
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 31.6 x 4.1 x 1.4 cm (12 7/16 x 1 5/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51139
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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