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Object Number 17-20-10/87222
Display Title Snow shoe mesh needle
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved antler, perforsted at center, both ends worked to points
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 10.6 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (4 3/16 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87222
Provenance
Provenance Prof. Leslie A. Lee (1887-1891)

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