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Object Number 39-30-10/18192
Display Title Bone awl case--wound with beads
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl case, bone wound with green, pink blue beads, top with red quill extensions
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1899
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Dimensions Overall: 14.5 x 1.4 x 1.5 cm (5 11/16 x 9/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 39-30-10/18192
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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