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Copper ice chisel
Object Number 48-6-10/29211
Display Title Copper ice chisel
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chisel, copper, curved and pointed at one end
Classification
  • Chisel
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Victoria Island
Materials Copper
Dimensions Overall: 23.3 x 1.7 x 1.8 cm (9 3/16 x 11/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29211
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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