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Snow scrapers
Object Number 18-8-10/87280
Display Title Snow scrapers
Descriptions
Inventory Description Snow scrapers, carved bone, worn, knife shaped
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Labrador Coast Inuit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 35.7 x 3.4 x 1.6 cm (14 1/16 x 1 5/16 x 5/8 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 87280
Provenance
Provenance Ellen Paine Huling (1905-1909)

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