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Finished awl, regular size
Finished awl, regular size
Object Number 06-5-10/66371
Display Title Finished awl, regular size
Descriptions
Object Description Finished awl, regular size
Inventory Description Awl, worked bone, taoered to point 1 end, other end phalange
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Miwok?
  • Yokut?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / California
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 14.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 cm (5 3/4 x 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 66371
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (1906 - 1906)
Collector Mr. Carroll S. Hartman (1906 - 1906)
Collector Herbert A. Coffeen (1906 - 1906)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1906 - 1906)

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