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Object Number 97-17-10/51164
Display Title Fat scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, metal blade wrapped around and riveted to carved wood handle
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Newfoundland and Labrador / <County> / Hopedale
Materials Wood, Metal
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 5.1 x 2.8 cm (4 x 2 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 51164 & 787
Provenance
Provenance Jewell D. Sornborger (1897)

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