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Scraper and rod (kano'oskae', after 19th-century Seneca people type)

(Seneca Nation, about 1847–1907)
1903
Object PlaceWashington, DC, United States
Medium/TechniqueMaple
DimensionsLength 31.1 cm, width 2.8 cm, thickness 2.2 cm (Length 12 1/4 in., width 1 1/8 in., thickness 7/8 in.)
Credit LineLeslie Lindsey Mason Collection
Accession number17.2167a-b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMusical instruments
InscriptionsIn black ink: CAT.2214 [..] - (deliberately scratched off)
ProvenanceFrancis W. Galpin (b. 1858 - d. 1945), Hatfield Regis, England; 1916, sold by Francis W. Galpin to William Lindsey (b. 1858 - d. 1922), Boston; 1916, gift of William Lindsey to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 5, 1916)
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