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Object Number 15-36-10/86378
Display Title Wood needle and sinew thread
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved wood, perforated end strung with twisted sinew
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Sinew Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm (4 15/16 x 1/8 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86378
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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