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Drill seat
Object Number 21-14-10/97882
Display Title Drill seat
Descriptions
Inventory Description Drill seat, carved ivory, 1 platform, grooved and punctate, 1 perforated disc
Classification
  • Drill
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 3.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (1 5/16 x 7/8 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 97882
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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