Skin Scraper

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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Archaeological

Chert, bone, and sinew

Overall: 1 9/16 × 1/2 × 5/16 in. (4 × 1.3 × 0.8 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Sally Carrighar

166.43.16154

Geography

Place Made: Point Hope, United States, North America

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Scraper

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Provenance

Sally Carrighar (1895-1985) writer and naturalist who spent ten years in the Arctic; given to present collection, 1966.

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