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Pear shaped implement, a hammer?
Pear shaped implement, a hammer?
Object Number 29-26-10/98402
Display Title Pear shaped implement, a hammer?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Hammer?, ivory, teardrop shape, polished, sides flattened
Classification
  • Hammer
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Western Arctic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 15.9 x 4.5 x 3.3 cm (6 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 5/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98402
Provenance
Collector Mr. George F. Willey (1906-1907 - 1929)

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