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Ornament of bone
Object Number 67-9-10/139
Display Title Ornament of bone
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, carved, incised, pigmented bone, human face, circular designs, leather
Classification
  • Handle
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Chinook?
  • Wasco?
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 21.8 x 5.2 x 6.7 cm (8 9/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 67-9-10/139
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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