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Object Number 48-6-10/29207
Display Title Bone seam smoother
Descriptions
Inventory Description Seam smoother, carved bone, ridged, semi-circular perforated end, tapered tip
Classification
  • Textileworking
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 18.6 x 1.9 x 0.6 cm (7 5/16 x 3/4 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29207
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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