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Chisel and scoop for thin ice over fishing holes?
Chisel and scoop for thin ice over fishing holes?
Object Number 04-10-10/64240
Display Title Chisel and scoop for thin ice over fishing holes?
Descriptions
Inventory Description Chisel with bone blade on shaft, open weave round scoop on wood shaft
Classification
  • Fishing and trapping
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Fiber, Leather, Bone
Dimensions Overall: 198 x 20.5 x 5 cm (77 15/16 x 8 1/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 2
Label on object 04-10-10/64240
Provenance
Collector Grace A. Nicholson (Unknown)
Donor Mr. Lewis Hobart Farlow (01/01/1904)

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