Man's Skin Scraper
date: label: Accession Date
content: 1880
name: label: Collector
content: Edward W. Nelson
label: Donor Name
content: Edward W. Nelson
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "ILLUS. IN BAE 18TH AR, PT. 1; P1. XLIX-20; P. 116 ALSO IN USNM AR,1889; P1. 82, FIG. 1; P. 589; AND PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 60; P1. 20, NO. 7; P. 48." FROM CARD: "HIDE SCRAPER.---HANDLE OF WOOD; BLADE, A FLAT CELT OF SCHIST LET INTO THE LOWER PART OF THE HANDLE NEATLY, AND LASHED IN PLACE WITH SPRUCE ROOT. PLACE FOR THE THUMB IS EXCAVATED; LEFT MARGIN FOR THE FOREFINGER ON THE UPPER SURFACE AND FOR THE OTHER THREE FINGERS UNDERNEATH. THE PALM OF THE HAND RESTS AGAINST THE DEPRESSED END. LENGTH, 11 3/4 INCHES; WIDTH OF BLADE, 2 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO OF NORTON BAY, ALASKA. 43,927. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Jun 2018
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Nubviukhchugaluk, Norton Bay, 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: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E43927-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 29.84 cm
label: Width - Of Blade
content: 6.99 cm