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Object Number
24-48-60/D2291
Display Title
Round scraping knife used in winter to remove hair from leather
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Scraper, wood handle, split in center, looped blade inserted, wrapped with hide
Classification
- Scraper
Department
Ethnographic
Culture
- Yakut
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Asia
/
Russia
/
Siberia
Materials
Wood, Iron, Hide
Dimensions
Overall: 15 x 5.7 x 6.1 cm (5 7/8 x 2 1/4 x 2 3/8 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
D2291
Provenance
Owner
Museum fur Tierkunde und Volkerkunde
Collector
Frederick Alexander
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