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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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