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Scraper/knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate, lashing of spruce root fiber.
Scraper/knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate, lashing of spruce root fiber.
Object Number 94-57-10/R44
Display Title Scraper/knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate, lashing of spruce root fiber.
Descriptions
Object Description Scraper/knife. Handle of wood, blade of slate, lashing of spruce root fiber.
Inventory Description Scraper, ground stone blade, lashed to carved wood handle with rawhide
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Sound
Materials Wood, Stone, Rawhide
Dimensions Overall: 15.7 x 4.5 x 3.1 cm (6 3/16 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\44
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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