Piece of bone with sharp end - for striking snow off clothing and to soften skin – Objects

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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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	36-64-10/6154	Boots of skin for outside--part of suit of skin clothing (6147-6157).	Boot	St. Lawrence Island
Image Not Available for Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a) standing next to a skerm, working on a skin to soften it	2001.29.31917	Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a) standing next to a skerm, working on a skin to soften it		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
	2001.29.14825	Gau (husband of Be and Khuan//a) standing next to a skerm, working on a skin to soften it		Gautscha
Image Not Available for Gau, husband of Be and Khuan//a, working on a skin to soften it	2001.29.26149	Gau, husband of Be and Khuan//a, working on a skin to soften it		Gautscha
	15-36-10/86308	Pair of snow shoes, sharp-tailed type made from maple wood and caribou babiche	Snowshoe	British Columbia
	36-64-10/6153	One pair of middle boots of skin--part of suit of skin clothing (6147-6157).	Boot	St. Lawrence Island
	98-18-10/52013	Knife for removing snow from clothing etc.?	Knife	Alaska
	36-64-10/6155	One pair of inner sole lining for outside boots--part of suit of skin clothing.	Footwear	St. Lawrence Island
Image Not Available for Skin sleeping bag--part of suit of skin clothing (36-64-10/6147-6157).	36-64-10/6147	Skin sleeping bag--part of suit of skin clothing (36-64-10/6147-6157).	Accessory	St. Lawrence Island
Image Not Available for Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it	2001.29.2114	Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it	2001.29.2116	Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it		Nyae Nyae Conservancy
Image Not Available for Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it	2001.29.2115	Red Powder: /Gam pounding bones into a meal to mix with red powder from a tree to rub into her kaross to soften and clean it		Nyae Nyae Conservancy

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