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Object Number
14-27-10/85837
Display Title
Shell ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Shell ornament
Inventory Description
Ornament, nose ornament?, carved shell, ring with opening, notched edge
Classification
- Ornament
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Babine River
Materials
Shell
Dimensions
Overall: 3.1 x 3.1 x 0.2 cm (1 1/4 x 1 1/4 x 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85837
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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