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1925.11.17

Iron blade or scraper with bone handle; from a grave

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1925.11.17

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Collection type
Object
Description
Iron blade or scraper with bone handle; from a grave
Long description
Scraper made from reused iron (with two drilled holes) set in a bone handle (with two holes ?for hafting)[CM]
Geographical reference
Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada
Nunavut Qikiqtaaluk Region [Baffin Island] Pond Inlet unnamed grave
Person
Field collector Henry Toke Munn
PRM source Henry Toke Munn
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1925
Date collected
By 1920
Acquisition information
Donated: 1925
Materials and processes
Material Iron Metal, Material Animal Bone, Process Recycled, Process Carved
Dimensions
Length: max 175 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1925.11.17 Other numbers: 1925.147

Search terms: Tool, Death, Religion, Scraper, Grave Good

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