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Object Number 23-29-10/98078
Display Title Implement for softening seal line
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, unworked bone, 2 perforations, 1 end slightly darkened
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • East Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Greenland, Eastern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 18 x 6.1 x 2.7 cm (7 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 1/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98078
Provenance
Provenance Christian Leden (1923)

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