Object Details
- Collection History
- Collected in 1916 by Leo J. Frachtenberg (1883-1930, an anthropologist who specialized in Native American languages) during fieldwork sponsored by MAI.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- Makah
- Collector
- Leo J. Frachtenberg (Leo Joachim Frachtenberg/Leo J. Frachtenburg), Non-Indian, 1883-1930
- Date created
- 1985
- Object Name
- Bark beater
- Media/Materials
- Animal Bone
- Techniques
- Carved, grooved
- Dimensions
- 26.4 x 5.7 x 5.7 cm
- Object Type
- Basketmaking and fiber-working tools
