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Bark peeler
Object Number 88-51-10/50474
Display Title Bark peeler
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, worked bone, 1 end tapered and flattened
Classification
  • Scraper
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Haida
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / British Columbia / Graham Island
Additional Geographic Terms Masset Bay
Materials Bone
Dimensions Overall: 33 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm (13 x 1 x 1 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 50474 & [88922]
Provenance
Collector James G. Swan
Donor Smithsonian Institution (1888)

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