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Bone awl
Object Number 10-21-10/76473
Display Title Bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, worked bone, 1 end tapered to point, other end flat, polished, slightly con
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Foothill
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm (5 7/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 76473
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1910 - 1910)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1910 - 1910)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1910 - 1910)

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