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Implement of bone. Hair pin? (long bone point).
Implement of bone. Hair pin? (long bone point).
Object Number 67-9-10/178
Display Title Implement of bone. Hair pin? (long bone point).
Descriptions
Inventory Description Projectile point, carved bone, incised and pigmented tip
Classification
  • Projectile Point
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 32.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm (12 15/16 x 1/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 178\B.A.
Provenance
Collector Unknown (?)
Donor Boston Athenaeum (1867)

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