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Comb for shredding sinew
Comb for shredding sinew
Object Number 98-18-10/52002
Display Title Comb for shredding sinew
Descriptions
Inventory Description Comb or fork, three tines, roughly hewn bone
Classification
  • Comb
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 11.4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm (4 1/2 x 7/8 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52002
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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