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Object Number
14-27-10/85830
Display Title
Bone snow shoe needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Needle, carved bone, 1 end worked to point, 2 grooves, 1 hooklike
Classification
- Needle
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Babine River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 16 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (6 5/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85830
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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