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Object Number 94-57-10/R42
Display Title Scraper. Ivory handle, nephrite blade. Blade edge curved, sharp.
Descriptions
Object Description Scraper. Handle of ivory, blade of nephrite. Blade, edge curved, sharp, wedged
Inventory Description Scraper, carved bone handle, cracked, ground stone blade, pitted
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / North Slope Burough / Point Barrow
Materials Bone, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm (6 3/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\42
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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