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Object Number 88-51-10/50086
Display Title Antler bodkin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone perforator, partially drilled
Classification
  • Mechanical
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kusquqvagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kuskokwim
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 21.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm (8 7/16 x 1 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50086 & 36414 / Alaska / Nelson / K.K.
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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