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Object Number
14-27-10/85850
Display Title
Horn or bone skin scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scraper, carved bone, etched cross-hatch design, notches at sides/tip, smoothe
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: 21.5 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm (8 7/16 x 1 x 1/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
14-27-10/85850
Provenance
Collector
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(?)
Donor
Lt. George Thornton Emmons
(1914)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14-27-10/85881 | Bone skin dressers |
Scraper
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British Columbia
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| 14-27-10/85855 | Bone skin dressers |
Scraper
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Kishgagass Village
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Scraper
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British Columbia
| |
| 14-27-10/85846 | Bone skin dresser |
Scraper
|
Kishgagass Village
| |
| 14-27-10/85845 | Bone skin dresser |
Scraper
|
Kishgagass Village
| |
| 07-8-10/75277 | Skin scraper |
Scraper
|
Flaxman Island
| |
| 15-36-10/86367 | Skin scraper or fleshing knife, horse rib. The ends are wrapped in mooseskin. |
Scraper
|
British Columbia
| |
| 79-14-20/17659 | Scraper of horn |
Scraper
|
San Luis Potosi
| |
| 57-33-10/35614 | Skin scraper |
Scraper
|
Alaska?
| |
| 46-82-10/27865 | Skin scraper - probably made from the foreleg of a buffalo |
Scraper
|
United States
| |
| 34-114-10/4385 | Rib scraper used to scrape hairs from skins before tanning |
Scraper
|
Nevada
| |
| 48-6-10/29191 | Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin |
Scraper
|
Northwest Territories
|