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Object Number 15-36-10/86390
Display Title Pubescent girl's elaeagnus bark wiper and bone scratcher.
Descriptions
Object Description Pubescent girl's elaeagnus bark wiper and bone scratcher.
Inventory Description Scratcher, carved wood attached to vegetable fiber bundle with rawhide
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date before 1915
Culture
  • Thompson
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Dimensions Overall: 9.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm (3 3/4 x 3/8 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 86390
Credit Line Museum Purchase, Huntington Frothingham Wolcott Fund, 1915
Provenance
Seller James A. Teit (?)
Collector James A. Teit

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