David Ives Bushnell Jr., G. B. Gordon, Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and W. C. Farabee
Collection place:
Central Plains, Great Plains, North America
Verbatim coll. place:
; Central Plains
Culture or time period:
Umoⁿhoⁿ
Collector:
Francis La Flesche
Collection date:
1901-1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Scrapers (stone tools)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1904 and September 8, 1902
Context of use:
Skin scraper. Used in second step of dressing skins, to scrape hair off of dried hide and to scrape hide to an even thickness. Also used by other Siouan tribes.
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 36 centimeters
Comment:
Native name: "weuhi" References: p. 343, Fig. 70, "The Omaha Tribe", AE, Vol. 27; Fletcher & LaFlesche. "In brown envelopes in tray with this specimen are two blades: 1. Rectangular blade found tied to handle June 3, 1971. 2. Blade found in Eskimo collection June 3, 1971 marked "lost # poss. Plains" in Llewellyn Lemont Loud''s handwriting...possibly belongs to this specimen." Skin scraper. Used in second step of dressing skins, to scrape hair off of dried hide and to scrape hide to an even thickness. Also used by other Siouan tribes.