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Object Number 36-89-10/6231.1
Display Title Lead shot & powder
Descriptions
Object Description Shot bag with shot, made of cloth with bone at opening--part of contents of skin bag, 36-89-10/6228
Inventory Description Lead shot and powder
Classification
  • Ammunition
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms Kaersut; Unamak, not far from
Materials Lead
Dimensions Overall: 0.4 x 0.4 cm (3/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 123
Label on object 36-89-10/6231.1
Provenance
Collector Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary (1896)
Donor Dr. John C. Phillips (September 14, 1936)

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