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Collector:
Lt. George T. Emmons  Search this
Donor Name:
U. S. Department of the Navy  Search this
Culture:
Tlingit, Chilkat  Search this
Object Type:
Scraper
Place:
Klukwan, Alaska, United States, North America
Accession Date:
17 Apr 1894
Notes:
FROM CARD: "BONE."
Provenience note: List in accession file appears to attribute #s 19, 20, 21, 22?, 23 and 24 to the Chilkat Tlingit of Klukwan. List identifies all as scraping, skinning and dressing tools for hides/skins. This object is most likely # 22 on the list.
Listed on page 47 in "The Exhibits of the Smithsonian Institution at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, California, 1915", in section "Arts of the Northwest Coast Tribes (Tools)".
Record Last Modified:
16 Oct 2020
Specimen Count:
1
Topic:
Ethnology  Search this
Accession Number:
028072
USNM Number:
E168359-0
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Data Source:
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fa5a4f2f-70aa-42c4-a146-4f240ed882cb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhanthropology_8348512