Back Scratcher
date: label: Accession Date
content: 9 Jan 1884
name: label: Collector
content: Lucien M. Turner
label: Donor Name
content: Lucien M. Turner
notes: label: Notes
content: From card: "Illus. in BAE 11th AR, fig. 71, p. 253."
label: Notes
content: Illus. p. 101 in Turner, Lucien M., Scott A. Heyes, and K. M. Helgen. 2014. Mammals of Ungava & Labrador: the 1882-1884 fieldnotes of Lucien M. Turner together with Inuit and Innu knowledge. Identified there: "This back scratcher, Kumiutik (that which removes lice), was collected by Turner in 1884 and is said to have come from the George River Inuit. Lice were prolific and caused much discomfort to the Inuit. Turner described how the scratcher provided relief: "The backscratcher ... effects a dislodgement of the tormenter in as quick a time as the hand may sieze the long handle and thrust the affair along the spine where with an upward movement the sharp edge of the dish-shaped scratcher removes the louse and disperses the itching sensation.""
label: Record Last Modified
content: 7 Jul 2021
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Ungava Bay, Quebec, Canada, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo, Inuit
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 013922
label: USNM Number
content: E90350-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Back Scratcher