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Awl in process of making
Awl in process of making
Object Number 06-5-10/66370
Display Title Awl in process of making
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, worked bone, long, thin
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Miwok?
  • Yokut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 17.5 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (6 7/8 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66370
Provenance
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1906 - 1906)
Collector Herbert A. Coffeen (1906 - 1906)
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1906 - 1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906 - 1906)

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