Ivory bark beater

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Object Number 46-36-10/28990

Display Title Ivory bark beater

Descriptions

Inventory Description Beater, bone, vertical grooves one side, thin handle

Classification

Beater

Department Ethnographic

Culture

Eskimo

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

North America / United States / Alaska

Additional Geographic Terms Northwest Coast

Materials Bone

Dimensions Overall: 27.1 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm (10 11/16 x 2 1/16 x 1 5/8 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 46-36-10/28990, 277

Provenance

Collector General George Crook (?)

Donor Raymond Emerson (May 27, 1946)

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