Scraper

NA4455

From: United States of America | Alaska | Wainwright

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA4455
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Eskimo
Provenience United States of America | Alaska | Wainwright
Culture Area Arctic Culture Area
Section American
Description

Fleshing tool /skin scraper. Wooden haft deeply socketed for fourth and fifth fingers; ivory tongue slanting upward and backward from thumbgroove. Slate blade

Length 10.79 cm
Credit Line Wanamaker Expedition to the Arctic: Wainwright Region; William Blair Van Valin, 1919

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