Stone Chisel In Handle
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 CARD: "(DUP. CARD) ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT.1: PL.XLIX-15, P.116. ALSO IN USNM AR, 1889, P1.85,FIG.2, P.589. INVENTORIED 1981." FROM CARD: "(TEMP CARD FOR NEG. NO.) SOUTHERN TYPE." FROM 19TH OR EARLY 20TH CENTURY EXHIBIT LABEL WITH CARD: "SKIN SCRAPER.---HANDLE A CURVED PIECE OF PINE WOOD, PISTOL SHAPED. BLADE A GROUND CELT OF BLACK CHERT, LASHED TO THE HANDLE WITH A SPLINT OF PINE ROOT, AND MADE TO FIT THERETO WITH A PADDING OF GRASS. THE SPECIMEN IS A RUDE [SIC] ONE, AND WAS USED FOR THE COARSER PURPOSES IN THE PROCESS. LENGTH, 6 1/2 INCHES; WIDTH OF BLADE, 2 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO OF LOWER YUKON, 1880. 38,252, COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 5 Jun 2024
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, 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: E38252-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 16.5 cm
label: Width - Blade
content: 6.99 cm