Skin scraper

Museum number:
2-4020
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21020004020
Alternate number:
x-166 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.167
Description:
Angled wood handle, sinew lashing, iron blade.
Donor:
Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
Collection place:
St. Michael, St. Michael Island, Nome Borough
Verbatim coll. place:
Alaska; St. Michael
Culture or time period:
Alaskan Eskimo
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
1898
Materials:
Sinew (material) and Wood (plant material)
Object type:
ethnography
Function:
1.6 Manufacturing, Constructing, Craft, and Professional Pursuits
Accession date:
1904
Context of use:
as 2-4015
Department:
Native US and Canada (except California)
Dimensions:
length 23.5 centimeters
Loans:
S1945-1946 #4: Winfield Scott Wellington (March 11, 1946–October 28, 1955)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin scraper, accession number 2-4020, described as Angled wood handle, sinew lashing, iron blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin scraper, accession number 2-4020, described as Angled wood handle, sinew lashing, iron blade.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Skin scraper, accession number 2-4020, described as Angled wood handle, sinew lashing, iron blade.

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