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Object Number 88-51-10/50042
Display Title Blade of skin scraper or breaker
Descriptions
Object Description Blade of skin scraper or breaker
Inventory Description Axe blade, ground stone, highly worn and pitted
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Akulmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Bristol Bay
Materials Stone
Dimensions Overall: 10.1 x 5.1 x 1.7 cm (4 x 2 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50042; Alaska/Nelson; 36291 [crossed out]; BL/2904 [pencil]
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson (?)
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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