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Object Number 88-51-10/49990
Display Title Skin grainer or scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, carved wood handle with red-brown stain, ground stone blade, lashed
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Kajiklowik
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Kajiklowik, Southwest
Materials Wood, Stone
Dimensions Overall: 18.6 x 6.3 x 4.9 cm (7 5/16 x 2 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 49990, 33091
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (ca 1880)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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