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Object Number 21-14-10/97888
Display Title Pieces of native copper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Copper fragments, flat, corroded and oxidized
Classification
  • Mineral
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Copper alloy
Dimensions Overall: 5.5 x 1.4 x 0.3 cm (2 3/16 x 9/16 x 1/8 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 97888
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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