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Object Number 05-7-10/65488
Display Title Bark shredder
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, carved bone, flat rectangular, perforated handle, polished
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Quileute
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Washington
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 44.3 x 10 x 0.7 cm (17 7/16 x 3 15/16 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 05-7-10/65488
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (?)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (1905)

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