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Object Number 15-36-10/86347
Display Title Serpentine chisel or celt.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Celt, greenstone, smooth, flat
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 4.7 x 2 cm (7 11/16 x 1 7/8 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86347
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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