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Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin
Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin
Object Number 48-6-10/29191
Display Title Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin
Descriptions
Object Description Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin boots
Inventory Description Scraper, carved bone, braided sinew string wrapped around end
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Copper Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Coronation Gulf
Materials Bone, Sinew
Dimensions Overall: 30.7 x 3 x 1.7 cm (12 1/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 48-6-10/29191
Provenance
Provenance James E. F. Wight (1916)

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