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Object Number
23-29-10/98089
Display Title
Sewing thimble
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Thimble, circular piece of leather, perforated
Classification
- Textileworking
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- East Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Greenland, Eastern
Materials
Leather
Dimensions
Overall: 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.6 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
98089.
Provenance
Provenance
Christian Leden
(1923)
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