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Object Number 15-36-10/86369
Display Title Skin scraper of deer bone (leg). Head wrapped in moose skin.
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper of deer bone (leg). Head wrapped in moose skin.
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved bone, flattened and concave on one side, one end wrapped in leather.
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Materials Bone, Leather
Dimensions Overall: 30.4 x 3.2 x 1.1 cm (11 15/16 x 1 1/4 x 7/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 86369
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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