Gut scraper, ~ 500 - 900 AD · Alaska, Old Beringsea Culture/Punuk · ID: 3043077
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Provenance
Alaska on Madison, New York, USASize
L: 11 cm
L: 4.3 inch
Description
bone, drop-shaped, bowl-shaped deepened, engraved decor on the outside, two slits at narrow ending, slightly dam., minor missing parts at the rim, base.
Such tools were used for scraping the fat from the inside of animal skins.
Comparing literature
Fitzhugh, William W., Gifts from the ancestors, London 2009, p. 304, ill. 102