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tool/implement
Object Type
tool/implement
Museum number
Am1944,02.165
Description
Implement made of bone.
Production ethnic group
Made by:
Salishan
Made by:
Plateau Peoples
Excavator/field collector
Field Collection by:
George Thornton Emmons
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Lytton
(near)
Found/Acquired:
Stein Creek
Materials
bone
Dimensions
Length:
8.50 centimetres
Width:
3.50 centimetres
Curator's comments
Register addition "Salish".
Location
Not on display
Acquisition name
Donated by:
Irene Marguerite Beasley
Previous owner
Previous owner/ex-collection:
Harry Geoffrey Beasley
Acquisition date
1944
Acquisition notes
Donated by Irene Beasley following the death of her husband, the collector Harry Geoffrey Beasley. Due to the clear numbers on the object label, this can be readily identified as E34, purchased from the George Emmons collection via George Heye on 1st February 1934.
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1944,02.165