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Object Number
57-33-10/35614
Display Title
Skin scraper
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scraper, hollowed bone handle, ground stone blade, rounded, handle splitting
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America
/
United States
/
Alaska?
Materials
Bone, Stone
Dimensions
Overall: 10.1 x 5.1 x 1.9 cm (4 x 2 x 3/4 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
57-33-10/35614 / Kenapetu?
Provenance
Collector
Dr. Loring T. Swaim
(ca. 1892)
Collector
Joseph S. Swaim
(ca. 1892)
Donor
Dr. Loring T. Swaim
(June 24, 1957)
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