Skin Scraper
Made of ivory and stone

Scrapers like this are used to remove fat from fresh skins and subcutaneous tissue from dried skins. They are also used for softening stiffened skins. The indentations on the ivory handle take the thumb and fingers of the right hand. The flat surface of the blade is placed on the skin surface and the scraper is pushed away from the worker.

From Northwest Alaska
Dating to the late 19th - early 20th century
HC1334