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Object Number
03-1-10/62753
Display Title
Mortar from vertebra of whale
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Mortar of vertebra, circular, hollowed, cracked base
Classification
- Mortar
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Aleutian Islands
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 17.5 x 17 x 9 cm (6 7/8 x 6 11/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
62753
Provenance
Dealer
Grace A. Nicholson
(12/01/1903)
Collector
Unknown
(01/01/1870-01/01/1876)
Donor
Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow
(12/01/1903)
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