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Object Number 18-8-10/87288
Display Title Bone implement from grave
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved ivory, perforated, incised design, worked to point
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 18.9 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm (7 7/16 x 1/2 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 87288
Provenance
Provenance Ellen Paine Huling (1905-1909)

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