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Object Number 07-47-10/72349
Display Title Skin scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, carved wood handle, metal collar, cloth fitting for collar
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Nigaluk
  • Nunatagmiut
  • Nunatarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough
Additional Geographic Terms Point Barrow, east of, Mountains inland from coast
Dimensions Overall: 14.2 x 4 x 3.5 cm (5 9/16 x 1 9/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 72349
Provenance
Collector Dr. George P. Howe (1906-1907)
Donor Dr. George P. Howe (1907)

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