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Object Number 31-32-10/K120
Display Title Bone bark scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Unclassified tool, carved bone, 1 endge worked to blade, perforated handle
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms British Columbia, Southwest
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 23 x 13.8 x 2 cm (9 1/16 x 5 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 31-32-10/K-120 & 240
Provenance
Collector General George Crook
Collector Raymond Emerson (?)
Donor Raymond Emerson (1931)

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