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Object Number 24-48-60/D2276
Display Title Hammer for softening leather
Descriptions
Inventory Description Beater, carved wood, perforated handle forks from head, split, burnt, worn
Classification
  • Beater
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Yakut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia / Russia / Siberia
Materials Wood
Dimensions Overall: 24.8 x 9.4 x 9.4 cm (9 3/4 x 3 11/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object D.2276; 3#
Provenance
Owner Museum fur Tierkunde und Volkerkunde
Collector Frederick Alexander

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