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Antler hook
Object Number 17-20-10/87227
Display Title Antler hook
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hook, carved antler, curved, notched blunt end, worked to point other end
Classification
  • Hook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 1.8 x 1 cm (3 15/16 x 11/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87227
Provenance
Provenance Prof. Leslie A. Lee (1887-1891)

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