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Object Number
88-51-10/50207
Display Title
Skin breaker or scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Adz, ground stone blade, carved wood handle, rawhide lashing
Classification
- Adze
Department
Ethnographic
Date
1800-1888
Culture
- Askinakmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms
Norton Sound
Materials
Wood, Stone, Rawhide
Dimensions
Overall: 28 x 5.5 x 5.1 cm (11 x 2 3/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
50207, 33087/ Norton Sd / Nelson; Kigik
Provenance
Collector
Edward William Nelson
Donor
Smithsonian Institution
(1888)
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