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Object Number 11-56-10/83790
Display Title Bone needle for netting snow shoes
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone needle, both ends pointed, perforated in center.
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Penobscot
  • Eastern Abenaki
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Maine / Penobscot County / Indian Island / Old Town
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 7.6 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm (3 x 3/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 11-56-10/83790 & C
Provenance
Collector Dr. Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1911)
Donor Dr. Frank Gouldsmith Speck (1911)

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