Scraper For Removing Fat From Skins
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; PL. L-7; P. 118. ILLUS. IN USNM AR,1889; PL. 81, FIG. 3; P. 589. INVENTORIED 1975. FROM CARD: "FAT SCRAPER.---MADE OF A NARROW, THIN STRIP OF ANTLER, BENT IN THE FORM OF A HORSE SHOE AND HELD IN PLACE BY A STRIP OF RAWHIDE PASSED BACKWARD AND FORWARD THROUGH TWO HOLES IN EACH END AND THEN WRAPPED IN A NEAT COIL. THE LOOP ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE ENDS IS COUNTERSUNK. ONE MARGIN OF THE ANTLER STRIP IS SCRAPED TO AN EDGE FROM WITHIN, SO AS TO PRESERVE THE OUTER HARD PORTION FOR WORK. DIAMETER, 3 3/4 INCHES. ESKIMO OF SLEDGE ISLAND, ALASKA. 44,771A. COLLECTED BY E. W. NELSON."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 30 Jul 2020
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Sledge Island, Norton Sound, 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: 80A00050
label: USNM Number
content: E44771-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Scraper
physicalDescription: label: Diameter - Object
content: 9.53 cm