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Abalone Shell Button

Date1900

Mediumabalone shell

DimensionsOther: 4.9 × 6.1 cm (1 15/16 × 2 3/8 in.)

ClassificationsCeremonial Objects

Terms

Haida

Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-972

Object numberHRC 00972

Descriptionrectangular piece of abalone shell with rounded corners. interior shell crudely incised with a bird design. hole through one end.
collected in Skidegate

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