Ice Scratcher
date: label: Accession Date
content: 14 Dec 1948
name: label: Donor Name
content: Georgetown University
notes: label: Notes
content: From transcript of consultations held in conjunction with "Yuungnaqpiallerput (The Way We Genuinely Live)" exhibit, April 17-18, 2010: "This is to imitate seals scratching the ice. And it's used for seal hunting. When you're going up on a seal you use this and imitate the seal as you're going toward it."
label: Notes
content: From card: "Long piece of bone with three teeth at end wrapped with sinew cord. Large eye at other end connected with small bone seal head possessing inlaid eyes. Label on specimen: "Ice-scraper used to decoy seals."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 6 Nov 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Yukon River (Lower) (not certain), Alaska, United States, North America
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Eskimo
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 181344
label: USNM Number
content: E386750-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ice Scratcher