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Object Number 21-14-10/87668
Display Title Snow probe
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snow probe? worked bone, carved one end, nail other end
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Materials Antler, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 93.4 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm (36 3/4 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 21-14-10/87668
Provenance
Provenance Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)

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