Seal scratcher
name: label: Culture/People
content: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
label: Previous owner
content: M. C. Bruce, Non-Indian
label: Seller
content: M. C. Bruce, Non-Indian
notes: label: Collection History
content: Collection history unknown; purchased by George Heye circa 1905 from M.C. Bruce (possibly Miner Bruce [1850-1919], an Alaskan fur trader and artifact dealer).
label: Contact Us
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place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow; Arctic Slope Native Corporation; Alaska; USA
setName: label: See related items
content: Iñupiaq [Nuwukmiut/Point Barrow]
label: See related items
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 6516
label: Barcode
content: 006516.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Hunting/Fishing/Warfare
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Seal scratcher
label: Media/Materials
content: Wood, seal claw/claws, sinew
label: Techniques
content: Perforated