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Woman's sewing awl handle of mountain goat horn and ivory
Woman's sewing awl handle of mountain goat horn and ivory
Object Number 14-27-10/85892
Display Title Woman's sewing awl handle of mountain goat horn and ivory
Descriptions
Inventory Description Horn and ivory awl, metal tip, carved handle
Classification
  • Carving
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Metal, Ivory, Horn
Dimensions Overall: 9.9 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (3 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 85892
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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