Piece of horn with finger grips - used for striking? – Objects

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Object Number 48-6-10/29194

Display Title Piece of horn with finger grips - used for striking?

Descriptions

Inventory Description Beater, horn, carved fibgers grips at tapered end, knobbed, burnt?

Classification

Beater

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Copper Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / Northwest Territories

Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf

Materials Horn

Dimensions Overall: 19.5 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm (7 11/16 x 1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 48_6_10/29194 & 17

Provenance

Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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