Stone Chisel Or Scraper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1879
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARDS: "38826-8. #38826 TROCADERO, 7/85. 38827 - PUTNAM 5/88. #38828-ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. XLIX-17; P.116 ALSO IN USNM AR, 1889; P1. 87, FIG. 2; P. 589." "SKIN SCRAPER.--Handle a natural curve of spruce wood. Blade a wide celt of schistose rock, fitted to a groove in the handle, and fastened with a seizing of rawhide sting. The disproportion between the blade and handle is especially noteworthy. Length, 12 inches. ESKIMO of Big Lake, Alaska, 1879. 38,828. Collected by E.W. NELSON.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 2 Feb 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Big Lake, Yukon & Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38828-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length
content: 30 cm