Bone Gouge Or Chisel
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: "FOR SCRAPING SKINS OF WILD FOWL. ILLUS. IN USNM AR, 1889, P1. 84, FIG. 1; P. 589. INVENTORIED 1980." FROM CARD: "FAT SCRAPER.---MADE OF THE RADIUS OF A DEER. THE ROUNDED FRONT PORTION IS CUT AWAY SO AS TO FURNISH A REST ON THE RIDGE OF THE INCURVED PORTION AND TWO EDGES, ONE ON EITHER SIDE. THE HARD LOWER EDGE OF THE IMPLEMENT IS ALSO GROUND TO A CHISEL-LIKE EDGE. LENGTH, 9 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO OF MISSION, ALASKA, 1879. 38,490. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River, Lower, Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
setName: label: See more items in
content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 008133
label: USNM Number
content: E38490-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 24.76 cm