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Object Number 88-51-10/50040
Display Title Skin scraper or 'breaker'
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper or 'breaker'
Inventory Description Axe, stone, curved wooden handle, lashed with woody fiber
Classification
  • Agricultural
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Akulmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Materials Stone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 37 x 8 x 10.5 cm (14 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50040/1641/38827/BI
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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