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Divination object
InscriptionsBox Two - a paper label in the box said "Mista 1945-46, caisse 88 ?"; written on paper bag "578A, ethnologie, manchoir inferieur de truite"
Date
1940-1945
Medium / Technique
Bone (trout mandible)
Dimensions1.6 x 6.7 cm
CultureIndigenous: Eeyou
Geocultural Area
Eastern Subarctic
Origin
Lake Mistissini area?, Quebec, Canada
Object NumberM998.10.25
CreditGift of M. Jérôme Rousseau Ph.D.
Status
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