. Bulletin. Ethnology. ESKIMO SCRAPER; LENGTH, 6 IN. (mURDOCh) cially the Eskimo, the handle was elabo- rated in various artistic ways to fit the hand and to accommodate the thumb and fingers; and on the plains the years of children were recorded by means of tally marks on the handle. Scrapers shaped in part or in whole by pecking and grind- ing are common. Many of these take the celt or adz form, being beveled after the manner of the latter, with which imple- ment, in both form and use, they impercepti- bly blend. Among the uses of the scraper that of dressing hides prolj- ably took first pla
. Bulletin. Ethnology. ESKIMO SCRAPER; LENGTH, 6 IN. (mURDOCh) cially the Eskimo, the handle was elabo- rated in various artistic ways to fit the hand and to accommodate the thumb and fingers; and on the plains the years of children were recorded by means of tally marks on the handle. Scrapers shaped in part or in whole by pecking and grind- ing are common. Many of these take the celt or adz form, being beveled after the manner of the latter, with which imple- ment, in both form and use, they impercepti- bly blend. Among the uses of the scraper that of dressing hides prolj- ably took first place d^eeSkin-dressing). But its services in shaping many varieties of ar- ticles of wood, bone, horn, antler, shell, an(l soft stone were varied and important. Scrapers are describ- ed, among others, by Boas in 6th Rep. B. A. E., 1888; Fowkein 13th Rep. B. A. E., 1896; Holmes in 15th Rep. B. A. E., 1897; Jones, Antiq. So. Inds., 187.'!; Moorehead, Prehist. Impls., 1900; Murdoch in 9th Rep. B. A. E., 1892; Nelson in 18th Rep. B.'A. E., 1899; Niblack in Rep. Nat. Mus. 1886, 1889; Ran in Smithson. Cont., xxir, 1876;. UDSON Bay Eskim Scraper, (turner). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Washington : G. P. O.
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