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