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Object Number 14-27-10/85883
Display Title Bone mouth pieces for powder or shot pouches
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carvings, bone or antler, tubular, 1 end slightly flared, grooved/incised desi
Classification
  • Carving
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nishga
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Antler
Dimensions Overall: 4.3 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm (1 11/16 x 7/8 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 85883
Provenance
Collector Lt. George Thornton Emmons (?)
Donor Lt. George Thornton Emmons (1914)

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