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Object Number 07-8-10/75268.1
Display Title Flint flaker
Descriptions
Inventory Description Carved ivory implement, tapered to poit at 1 end, perforated at other end.
Classification
  • Tools
  • Raw Material
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Flaxman Island
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 12.4 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm (4 7/8 x 11/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75268
Provenance
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)

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