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Object Number
17-20-10/87236
Display Title
A beamer (skin dressing tool) made of bone.
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin dressing tools. 1 beamer made of caribou metapodial used to scrape hair from skin; 1 grainer made form reindeer tibia (hindleg) and 1 grainer made of wood and used to remove fat and excess skin-"notched" edge gives "grain" to hide.
Inventory Description
Bone implements, portion of shaft removed
Classification
- Mechanical
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1875-1885
Culture
- Naskapi
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
Newfoundland and Labrador
/
Labrador
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 29.5 x 4 x 3 cm (11 5/8 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity
2
Label on object
87236
Provenance
Collector
Prof. Leslie A. Lee
(1891)
Donor
Prof. Leslie A. Lee
(1917)
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