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Object Number
88-51-10/50041
Display Title
Skin scraper or 'breaker'
Descriptions
Object Description
Skin scraper or 'breaker'
Inventory Description
Adz, ground stone blade, T-shaped carved wood handle, rawhide lashing
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Akulmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Bristol Bay
Materials
Wood, Stone, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 33 x 5 x 8.7 cm (13 x 1 15/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50041, 2909, [38666], Big Lake
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
(?)
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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