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Object Number 24-48-60/D2054
Display Title Instrument for working skin
Descriptions
Inventory Description Tool, flat wood base with iron blade, bent with iron supports
Classification
  • Tools
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Samoyed
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Additional Geographic Terms North
Materials Wood, Iron
Dimensions Overall: 80 x 15 x 5 cm (31 1/2 x 5 7/8 x 1 15/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D2054

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