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Object Number 23-29-10/98081
Display Title Bone bodkin for stringing small fish
Descriptions
Inventory Description Needle, carved bone, flatt rectangular butt end, no eye.
Classification
  • Needle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • East Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Greenland, Eastern
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 22.2 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (8 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 98081
Provenance
Provenance Christian Leden (1923)

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