A scraper with a metal end / Native American; Plains

Essay/Description

A leather scraper with a metal end.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

A scraper with a metal end

Culture:

Native American; Plains

Date:

late 19th century

Period:

Historic

Place:

Great Plains, United States of America

Materials/Techniques:

leather, sinew, metal

Classification:

Ethnographic Objects

Object Type:

Flesher

Accession No:

84.807

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Width: 2 1/4in. (5.7cm)
Length: 15in. (38.1cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

Great Plains, implements, Indian, Indians, Native American, tools, United States of America

Hide Fleshers

These scrapers were used to clean hides. Hide fleshers are “used to hack down the inner surface of the skin to get it to the right degree of thinness” (Hoebel 1988, 66).

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A scraper with a metal end. 84.807. Kravis Discovery Center. late 19th century. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/84807 (03/20/2018).

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