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Object Number
93-14-10/49696
Display Title
Back scratcher made from walrus bone and ivory
Descriptions
Indigenous Term
Kumitsit, saanermik sanaaq
Object Description
Back scratcher
Inventory Description
Scraper, carved ivory handle, antler blade w/ flat edge,lashed w/ sinew, hide/ha
Classification
- Scraper
- Shaft, modified
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Greenland Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Greenland
Additional Geographic Terms
Arctic highlands
Dimensions
Overall: 37.3 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm (14 11/16 × 3/4 × 1/2 in.)
Storage: 48.2601 × 17.78 × 2.54 cm (19 × 7 × 1 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
49696 & POISON
Provenance
Collector
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
(1892)
Donor
Donated by
Rear Admiral Robert E. Peary
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