Name/Title
Thlingiit Whalebone Scraper, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910Entry/Object ID
143/415Description
Thlingiit Whalebone Scraper, Harry George Collection Photo, 1910. sepia. Photo of tall rib bone, leaning against wall. Below it is a wide, shovel style scraper, and sitting beside it is a small adze.
Handwritten on back:
"Correspondence, Vol. 1, pg. 75D3, 75F, 89L W. H. Case
Photo 94
1. Thlingit adze, Hydia adze with an iron bit.
2. Old whale bone scraper.
3. Old Medicine Man's wand from a Hydia on the West Coast of probably the rib of a whale.Collection
Harry L. George Collection, PHOTOGRAPHSLexicon
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Native American, Alaska Tribes, Eskimo, Medicine Man, Thlingit, Hydia, George CollectionDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: 6½" x 4¼"