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Object Number 20-9-10/87535
Display Title Toy spoons made from bird claws
Descriptions
Inventory Description Spoons, worked claw, miniature
Classification
  • Spoon
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Animal claw
Dimensions Overall: 4.6 x 1.7 x 0.4 cm (1 13/16 x 11/16 x 3/16 in.)
Quantity 4
Label on object 20-9-10/87535
Provenance
Collector Henry Moses (?)
Donor Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (1920)

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