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Camas digger
Object Number 05-7-10/65527
Display Title Camas digger
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, worked antler point, square perforation
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Salish
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Intrasite Grave
Additional Geographic Terms Vancouver, near
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 28.6 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm (11 1/4 x 1 3/8 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 65527
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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Photographic
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Handle
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Tools
California
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Documentary
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Documentary
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