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Object Number 98-18-10/52108
Display Title Wooden handle for skin scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Handle, carved wood
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 12.5 x 5 x 5 cm (4 15/16 x 1 15/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52108, 167
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (?)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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