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Skin scraper or fleshing knife of deer bone (ulna).
Object Number 15-36-10/86368
Display Title Skin scraper or fleshing knife of deer bone (ulna).
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper or fleshing knife of deer bone (ulna).
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, bone, either end wrapped in fur and leather with twisted fiber
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Fur, Leather, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm (14 9/16 x 2 x 7/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86368
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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