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Slate Labret
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Slate Labret
Slate Labret

Slate Labret

Date1884
Mediumslate (argillite)
DimensionsOther: 1.8 × 3.3 × 6.6 cm (11/16 × 1 5/16 × 2 5/8 in.)
ClassificationsCeremonial Objects
Paper Field ReferencesCMH VII-B-993
Object numberHRC 00993
Descriptioncarved forma s ingle piece of grey black polished slate, consists of thin, oval, slightly concave surface surmouting elliptical shaped disc with raised rim ( now broken off along two sides ) and a rectangular concavve interior edges of oval surface are chipped and small circular hole has been drilled at edge at one end but edge has broken through. several fine lines are incised or scratched on oval surface.
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