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Object Number 02-20-60/62127
Display Title Awl
Descriptions
Inventory Description Awl, iron blade, tapered and flattened at tip, turned wood handle, painted red
Classification
  • Awl
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / India / <State> / Maldive Islands
Dimensions Overall: 13.8 x 4.9 x 5 cm (5 7/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 62127

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