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Object Number 39-30-10/18214
Display Title Elkhorn handle for fleshing tool
Descriptions
Inventory Description Elkhorn, cylindrical, curved and tapered on one end.
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Date 1867-1899
Culture
  • Plains
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
Materials Antler
Dimensions Overall: 32.5 x 12 x 4.9 cm (12 13/16 x 4 3/4 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-30-10/18214
Provenance
Collector Mr. Henry M. Wheelwright (1901)
Intermediary Mrs. Henry M. Wheelwright
Donor Mrs. Ruth E. Wheelwright (1939)

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