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Object Number 98-18-10/52102
Display Title Skin scraper
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper
Inventory Description Scraper, metal blade, carved wood handle, lashed with leather
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Dimensions Overall: 12.9 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm (5 1/16 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52102
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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