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Snow Shovel60/2210

Culture
Eskimo
Material
wood, metal, bone and pigment
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Snow Shovel Edge60/2145

Culture
Eskimo
Material
bone and wood
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Shovel, Whale Bone60/1842

Culture
Eskimo
Material
wood, hide and whale bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Whale Bone Shovel60/1841 AB

Culture
Eskimo
Material
wood and whale bone
Made in
Alaska, USA
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Shovel Blade, Small60/1515
Snow ShovelO/314
Shovel2813/82

Wooden spade with a long handle that has been roughly carved. Made from a single piece of wood.

Culture
Quechua
Material
wood
Made in
Chimborazo, Ecuador
Holding Institution
MOA: University of British Columbia
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Snow Shovel60.2/5476

Culture
Eskimo
Material
wood, metal and plant fibre
Made in
Canada
Holding Institution
American Museum of Natural History
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Snow Shovel ModelE7451-0

Source of the information below: Inuvialuit Pitqusiit Inuuniarutait: Inuvialuit Living History, The MacFarlane Collection website, by the Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre (ICRC), Inuvik, N.W.T., Canada (website credits here http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/posts/12 ), entry on this artifact http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/items/80 , retrieved 1-28-2020: This is a small copy of a snow shovel, made of wood. A bent wood handle is mortised to the paddle-shaped shovel. On the same side there is an incised line running diagonally across the blade of the shovel, which is crossed at about its midpoint by a smaller incised lin. A triangular suspension hole has been cut through the handle. More information here: http://www.inuvialuitlivinghistory.ca/item_types/53: Snow shovels were used for clearing snow and for throwing snow onto sod houses and houses made of snow blocks to provide extra insulation.

Culture
Eskimo, Inuit and Inuvialuk
Made in
Northwest Territories, Canada
Holding Institution
National Museum of Natural History
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