Implement Edged With Ivory For Removing Snow And Ice
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Feb 1882
name: label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; PL. XXXV-4; P. 88." FROM CONDITION REPORT FOR HALL 9 TAKEDOWN (C. VALENTOUR 3/98): "WOODEN SNOW SHOVEL FASHIONED FROM 3 PIECES OF WOOD, CENTRAL PIECE CREATES HANDLE. JOINED BY WOODEN PEGS. SINEW LASHINGS. TIP OF SHOVEL BLADE FITTED W/ IVORY BLADE, SECURED BY WOODEN PEGS. HANDLE HAS STRIP OF BALEEN WRAPPED AROUND BOTTOM OF HANDLE & BRAIDED SINEW AT TOP OF HANDLE FOR GRIPPING. AT CENTER TOP OF SHOVEL BLADE IS PIECE OF BLUE STONE SET IN WOOD."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Sep 2019
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Point Barrow, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 82A00003
label: USNM Number
content: E63601-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Shovel
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 76.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 38.5 cm