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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
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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