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Object Number 98-18-10/52017
Display Title Bone perforator
Descriptions
Inventory Description Perforator, bone, carved to point, worn
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm (6 7/8 x 9/16 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52017
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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