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Object Number 07-8-10/75321
Display Title Seal scratcher
Descriptions
Object Description Seal scratcher
Inventory Description Seal decoy, carved wood handle, 2 tines covered with claws, lashed with sinew
Classification
  • Decoy
Department Ethnographic
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Dimensions Overall: 25.3 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm (9 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 75321, Purchase Oyarak
Provenance
Collector Prof. Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1907)
Expedition Anglo-American Polar Expedition (1907)
Seller Oyarak

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