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Object Number 971-11-10/51286
Display Title Beaded awl case
Descriptions
Object Description Beaded awl case. length: approx. 24.2 cm.
Inventory Description Case, conical shape, wrappped w/ multi colored beads, red and white bands center
Classification
  • Case
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / North Dakota?
Additional Geographic Terms Plains; North Dakota Territory?
Dimensions Overall: 40 x 3 x 7 cm (15 3/4 x 1 3/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 971-11-10/51286
Provenance
Collector William H. Best (1885 - 1895)
Donor Mrs. W. S. MacDonald (May, 1971)
Donor Mrs. William M. Milton (May, 1971)

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