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Object Number 98-18-10/52111
Display Title Slate blade for scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description Axe? blade, ground stone (slate), flat surface one side, chipped
Classification
  • Axe
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Sinrarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Port Clarence, Vicinity of
Materials Slate
Dimensions Overall: 10.3 x 6 x 0.9 cm (4 1/16 x 2 3/8 x 3/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 52111
Provenance
Collector Capt. Miner Bruce (1892-1899)
Donor Capt. Miner Bruce (1898)

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