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Abalone Shell

Date1890-1904
Mediumabalone
DimensionsOther: 2.2 × 4.7 cm (7/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Terms
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-968
Object numberHRC 00968
Descriptionused as an inlay to ornament a bone labret (according to Newcombe) which is now missing. shell is carved into roughly elliptical shape with interior surface slightly concave. rough slightly convex surface has .. elliptical shaped paper lab adhered to centre with '387 2/Haida' marked in pencil on it. circular perforation drilled through centrre of one end and circular hole drilled at opposite end on interior surface.
collected in Yan?
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