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Object Number 88-51-10/50208
Display Title Skin scraper/handle (for scraper)
Descriptions
Object Description Skin scraper/handle (for scraper)
Inventory Description Scraper handle, carved wood, plain, blade missing
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Unaliqmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Additional Geographic Terms Norton Bay
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 10.2 x 7.5 x 5.1 cm (4 x 2 15/16 x 2 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50208, [49087], 4987, Norton / Nelson
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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