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Awl
Object Number 98-18-10/52088
Display Title Awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, carved wood handle lashed with rawhide, metal point with leather cap
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Wood, Metal, Rawhide, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 11.7 x 2.9 x 2.9 cm (4 5/8 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 52088
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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