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Object Number 94-57-10/R43
Display Title Scraper. Handle of wood, blade of nephrite. Entire piece smoothly ground.
Descriptions
Object Description Scraper. Handle of wood, blade of nephrite. Entire piece smoothly ground. But
Inventory Description Adz blade, ground stone, grooved on 1 side, polished, chipped
Classification
  • Adze
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1894
Culture
  • Navugmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 6.1 x 5.7 x 1.2 cm (2 3/8 x 2 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object R\43
Provenance
Collector Frederick H. Rindge (?)
Donor Frederick H. Rindge (1894)

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