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Object Number 48-6-10/29204
Display Title Bone awls (with skin pouch 29203)
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awls, carved antler, inserted in rawhide holster sewn on skin pouch (48-6-10/292
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Dimensions Overall: 19.2 x 6.9 x 2.2 cm (7 9/16 x 2 11/16 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 9
Label on object 48-6-10/29204
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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Skin pouch (with awls 29204)
48-6-10/29203 Skin pouch (with awls 29204)
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