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Lash rope hook of caribou antler.
Lash rope hook of caribou antler.
Object Number 15-36-10/86314
Display Title Lash rope hook of caribou antler.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hook, worked antler, flattened edges, deep incisions near base of one point
Classification
  • Hook
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 13.1 x 10.8 x 2 cm (5 3/16 x 4 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86314
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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