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Object Number 69-31-10/2206
Display Title Tooth pick made by an Indian
Descriptions
Inventory Description Worked bone, small, worked to flat point at 1 end, other end rounded and brown
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Southwestern Chippewa
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Michigan / Baraga County
Additional Geographic Terms Lake Superior; Keweenaw Bay
Dimensions Overall: 5.3 x 0.8 x 0.4 cm (2 1/16 x 5/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 2206
Provenance
Collector Henry Gillman (Unknown)
Intermediary Robert Charles Winthrop
Donor Henry Gillman (11/01/1869)

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