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Object Number 51-16-10/33152
Display Title Bone pick, awl
Descriptions
Object Description Bone pick, awl
Inventory Description Organic, bone, perforator, awl,, tip worked to bulbous point, perforated at othe
Classification
  • Perforator
Department Archaeological
Culture
  • Asiatic Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area / St. Lawrence Island / Old Hut Site
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm (3 15/16 x 11/16 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51-16-10/33152
Provenance
Collector Dr. Samuel J. Mixter (1913)
Donor Dr. Samuel J. Mixter (1951)

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