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