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Object Number
2004.24.32268.1
Display Title
Whalebone bark shredder
Descriptions
Object Description
Whalebone Bark Shedder, Kwakwaka’wakw
Keywords
- Manufacture and General Utility
Subject
- Tool
Department
Photographic
Date
1989
Artist
Hillel S. Burger
Culture
- Kwakwaka'wakw
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
Canada
/
British Columbia
Additional Geographic Terms
Kwakiutl
Materials
Negative, black and white
Dimensions
Overall: 10.16 x 12.7 cm (4 x 5 in.)
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| PrimaryMedia | Object Number | Title | Classification | Geography/Provenience | SHARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17-17-10/87092 | Bark shredder, made of whale scapula. Used for red cedar. |
Woodworking
|
Gwa I
Kwakiutl Village | |
| 17-34-10/A3481 | Tree shell "bark shredder" |
Worked Wood
|
Cave 6
| |
| 17-17-10/87091 | Bark shredder of yew |
Unclassified
|
Kwakiutl Village
| |
| 17-17-10/87090 | Bark shredder of yew |
Tools
|
Gwa I
Kwakiutl Village | |
| 17-34-10/A3548 | Tree shell ("Bark shredder") |
Wood
|
Cave 10
| |
| 05-7-10/65483 | Bone bark shredder |
Scraper
|
Vancouver Island
| |
| 05-7-10/65488 | Bark shredder |
Scraper
|
Washington
| |
| 2004.24.30040 | Bone club; whalebone; representing killer whale; Chimmesyan stock |
Kitlakdamix Village
| ||
| 38-60-30/1836 | Shredder made from a plant stem with small spines, used to shred platanos for co |
Scraper
|
Ecuador
| |
| 995-29-10/73485 | Whalebone carving of a seal with ivory tusks |
Sculpture
|
Canada
United States | |
| 60-55-70/3912 | Wood and whalebone tool - axe? |
Tools
|
Manus Province
| |
| 13-34-10/85246.2 | Whalebone carving, broken |
Carving
|
Alaska
|