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Object Number 18-8-10/87284
Display Title Bone awls
Descriptions
Inventory Description Game pieces, carved ivory, worked points perforated, 3 w/ incised, pigmented end
Classification
  • Game
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 10.8 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm (4 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 26
Label on object 87284 & Labrador / 1006
Provenance
Provenance Ellen Paine Huling (1905-1909)

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