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Object Number 14-27-10/85841
Display Title Black stone 'looking glass'
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, ground stone, flat, 1 end notched, etched design on handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms Babine River
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 8.3 x 0.8 cm (5 1/16 x 3 1/4 x 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85841
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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