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Wooden back scratcher
Object Number 88-51-10/50250
Display Title Wooden back scratcher
Descriptions
Inventory Description Wooden shaft with discoidal bone bead at one end
Classification
  • Accessory
Department Ethnographic
Date 1800-1888
Culture
  • Ayaasariarmiut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska / Nome Census Area
Additional Geographic Terms Cape Nome
Materials Bone, Wood
Dimensions Overall: 46 x 3 x 3 cm (18 1/8 x 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50250 / S295
Provenance
Collector Edward William Nelson
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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