Unifacially flaked chert flake socketed in carved driftwood handle.
Donor:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection place:
Alaska
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
Hamlin-Jose Pony Express Foundation
Collection date:
August 1964
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scrapers (stone tools)
Accession date:
1964
Context of use:
For scarping hides.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 12.8 centimeters
Comment:
Remarks: cf. Nelson Pl. XLIX.
Loans:
S1972-1973 #88: Department of Anthropology (UC Berkeley)/Thomas Roy Hester (April 20, 1973–June 13, 1973), S1973-1974 #29: Archaeological Research Facility/Karen M. Nissen (October 31, 1973–December 3, 1973), S1982-1983 #4: State University of New York/Peter E. Siegal (August 1, 1982–March 14, 1983), and S1988-1989 #28: SFO Museum (March 15, 1989–October 5, 1989)