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Half a leg of an eider duck used to scrape the fat from caribou
Half a leg of an eider duck used to scrape the fat from caribou
Object Number 64-34-10/43970
Display Title Half a leg of an eider duck used to scrape the fat from caribou
Descriptions
Inventory Description Scraper, duck's foot stuffed with cloth, small sinew cord for hanging
Classification
  • Food processing
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Eskimo
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / Canada / Northwest Territories
Additional Geographic Terms Hudson Bay region
Materials Duck foot, Sinew, Cloth
Dimensions Overall: 10 x 8.6 x 3.1 cm (3 15/16 x 3 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 64-34-10/43970
Provenance
Provenance Chauncey C. Nash (1964)
Donor Chauncey C. Nash

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