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Object Number 09-8-10/74836
Display Title Bone awls
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, worked bone, one end tapered to point, plain.
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yokut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 16.5 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (6 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 74836; 749
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1909 - 1909)
Dealer Grace A. Nicholson (1909 - 1909)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1909 - 1909)

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