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Piece of file
Object Number 21-14-10/97884
Display Title Piece of file
Descriptions
Inventory Description File, fragment, metal, flat endpiece, 1 end tapered to blunt point, 1 end broken
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Nunavut
Additional Geographic Terms Coppermine River and King Williams Island, between
Materials Metal
Dimensions Overall: 5.7 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm (2 1/4 x 15/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 97884
Provenance
Collector Alfred H. Anderson (1920-1921)
Donor Alfred H. Anderson (1921)

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