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Graver
Object Number 04-28-10/63543.1
Display Title Graver
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, metal point, carved antler handle with zoomorphic face
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kuigpagmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bering Sea; Lower Yukon River
Materials Antler, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 9 x 2 x 1.7 cm (3 9/16 x 13/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 04-28-10/63543.1
Provenance
Collector Rev. Charles Lemon Hall
Donor Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley (1904)

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