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Celt of green stone, fragment.
Celt of green stone, fragment.
Object Number 15-36-10/86351
Display Title Celt of green stone, fragment.
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, greenstone, one flat and on curved surface, broken, tapered on other.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 13.7 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm (5 3/8 x 2 9/16 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 15-36-10/86351
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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