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Object Number 17-21-10/87244
Display Title Whale bone line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bundle of fishing line, baleen, wrapped with rawhide thong
Classification
  • Net
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nootka?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Vancouver Island?
Dimensions Overall: 28 x 19.1 x 1.3 cm (11 x 7 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87244
Provenance
Provenance Unknown

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