Skin Scraper with Stone Blade and Ivory Handle

Iñupiaq
Western Arctic
Arctic

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collected 1905

Stone blade with ivory handle

Overall: 3 9/16 × 1 15/16 in. (9 × 5 cm)

Overall: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Bequest of Frank C. and Clara G. Churchill

46.17.9592

Geography

Place Made: Point Hope, United States, North America

Period

20th century

Object Name

Tools and Equipment: Scraper

Research Area

Native American

Native American: Arctic-Western Arctic

Not on view

Inscriptions

Marked: "Point Hope, Alaska Aug 1905

Course History

ANTH 05, Introduction to Archaeology, Nathaniel Kitchel, Summer 2019

Provenance

Clara G. Corser Turner Churchill (1851-1945) and Frank Carroll Churchill (1850-1912), Point Hope, Alaska, probably 1905; bequeathed to present collection, 1946.

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