Hide scraper, with curved blade. There is a small perforated lug at one end. The top of the scraper is decorated with incised lines coloured black. [CW [OPS Move] 11/4/2017]

Collection type: Object
Description: Hide scraper, with curved blade. There is a small perforated lug at one end. The top of the scraper is decorated with incised lines coloured black. [CW [OPS Move] 11/4/2017]
Geographical reference: Canada
Northern America > North America > Canada; British Columbia Vancouver Island
Cultural groups: Tlingit; Chilkat
Person: Maker Unknown Maker; Field collector Unknown Collector; PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1884
Date collected: Prior to 1884
Acquisition information: Donated: 1884
Materials and processes: Material Animal Bone, Material Animal Ivory Tooth, Process Perforated, Process Carved
Dimensions: Depth: max 10 mm, Width: max 27 mm, Length: max 176 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1884.118.1
Research and responses: The Tlingit provenance was given on the original computer entry before the Leverhulme project. If the scraper is Tlingit then it must originate from further north than Vancouver Island [AP Leverhulme project on founding collection 1995-1998]

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