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Bone awl
Object Number 48-6-10/29205
Display Title Bone awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, carved ivory, slightly curved
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Materials Ivory
Dimensions Overall: 14.9 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm (5 7/8 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29205
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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