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SKIN SCRAPERS. 



297 



frequently seen in use at the present day, lias the butt produced horizon 

 tally into a broad, flat lobe. The excavation of the right side may be 

 continued through to the left in the form of a notch, as shown in Fig. 



294 (No. 80315 [1365] from Sidaru) which has a blade of black flint and 

 a handle of fossil ivory, with 



hollows for the thumb and 

 fingers; or the left side may 

 be unexcavated except for 

 the thumb groove as in Fig. 



295 (No. 89300 [1135] from 

 Utkiavwiii). This specimen 

 has a rather large wooden 



handle, with the grooves as before. It appears, however, to have been 

 remodeled to fit a smaller hand than that of the original owner, as the 

 thumb groove has been deepened for about two-thirds of its original 

 length, and there is a dee]), round holo in the middle of the groove for 



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FIG. )5. Skin scraper. 



the second linger. The peculiarity of this specimen, however, is that it 

 has a blade of sandstone, flat and rather thin, with a smooth, rounded 

 edge. The natives told us that scraper blades of sandstone were the 

 prevailing form in old times. 



Fig. 290 (No. cS9312 [1330] from ITtkiavwtii) is another wooden handle, 



in which the excavation for the third and 

 fourth fingers is merely a large round hole 

 on the right side, while in front the han 

 dle is cut into two short lobes, between 

 which in a deep groove the forefinger 

 lits. There is a hollow for the thumb 

 under the left lobe and one on the right 

 for the middle finger. No. 80311 [1070] 

 Fio.2w.-skii,,r 1 iiT. frmn thc S!Hne village is almost exactly 



similar. These are the only two specimens of the kind which 1 recol 

 lect seeing. A rather large, flint-bladed scraper with a wooden handle 

 very much the shape of that of No. S0309 [1135] is the tool most gener 

 ally used at the present day. The blades arc all of the same general 

 shape and vary in size from the little one above mentioned (No. 89322 



