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Object Number 20-9-10/87544
Display Title Bone scratcher
Descriptions
Inventory Description Bone ornament, carved, perforated, curvilinear pencil drawings and incised
Classification
  • Ornament
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 3.9 x 8.4 x 1.4 cm (1 9/16 x 3 5/16 x 9/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 20-9-10/87544
Provenance
Collector Henry Moses (?)
Donor Mrs. W. Scott Fitz (1920)

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