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Object Number 98-18-10/51980
Display Title Bone implement
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked needle, triangular, notched, perforated at blunt end
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 1 x 0.8 cm (3 9/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51980
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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