Porcupine quill - awl or arrowpoint – Objects

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Object Number 51-60-50/8827

Display Title Porcupine quill - awl or arrowpoint

Descriptions

Inventory Description Awl, worked porcupine quill, tapered to point at both ends

Classification

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Africa

Additional Geographic Terms Garu; Tsum Kwe Pan, near

Materials Quill

Dimensions Overall: 18 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm (7 1/16 x 3/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 51-60-50/8827

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (Summr 1951)

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