Bark scraper (copper-wooden handle)

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Object Number 17-17-10/87098

Display Title Bark scraper (copper-wooden handle)

Descriptions

Indigenous Term Kiuiayu

Object Description Bark scraper (copper-wooden handle)

Inventory Description Knife, ulu, curved copper blade, wood wrapped in canvas handle

Classification

Woodworking

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Kwakwaka'wakw

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / Kwakiutl Village
North America / Canada / British Columbia / <County> / <City> / Gwa I

Additional Geographic Terms Kingcome Inlet; Queen Charlotte Sound

Materials Copper, Wood, Canvas

Dimensions Overall: 4.7 x 8.5 x 1.6 cm (1 7/8 x 3 3/8 x 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 17-17-10/87098; 20

Provenance

Expedition Peabody Museum Expedition (1917)

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