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Object Number
14-27-10/85825
Display Title
Bone knife or scraper for processing inner bark of pine
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scraper, carved bone, flat, edges slightly concave
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Gitksan
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
/
<County>
/
Kishgagass Village
Additional Geographic Terms
Babine River
Materials
Bone
Dimensions
Overall: 14 x 3.9 x 0.4 cm (5 1/2 x 1 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
85825
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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