Scraper
35-22-35
From: United States of America | Alaska | Tanana (Alaska) | Middle Yukon Valley
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 35-22-35 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Tanana |
| Provenience | United States of America | Alaska | Tanana (Alaska) | Middle Yukon Valley |
| Culture Area | Subarctic Culture Area |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Iron | Wood |
| Description | Ulu Shape; Sheet of iron, wrapped over wooden stick at back to form handle. Curved notched edge. Used to scrape skins after they have been smoked and soaked in brains. Hide laid over horizontal pole. Soaking and scraping repeated. |
| Length | 13.4 cm |
| Width | 10 cm |
| Credit Line | Yukon Expedition, Frederica de Laguna, 1935 |
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