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Whalebone mortar
Object Number 13-11-10/84421
Display Title Whalebone mortar
Descriptions
Inventory Description Mortar, carved bird beak, head, wings, serrated base, hollowed circular bowl top
Classification
  • Mortar
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.5 x 29 x 27.5 cm (4 1/2 x 11 7/16 x 10 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 13-11-10/84421
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Museum of Comparative Zoology (1913)

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