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Object Number 15-36-10/86354
Display Title Skin scraper of arrowstone (chert or glassy basalt), flaked thin.
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper of arrowstone (chert or glassy basalt), flaked thin.
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, biface, stone, ovate, chipped
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.4 x 6.4 x 1.1 cm (4 1/8 x 2 1/2 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86354; 232
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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