Find of the Week
We have spent most of this summer sorting materials from the 2005 field season at Aniakchak. This week we cleaned and “rhoplexed” this interesting bone “knife”. (Rhoplex is an acrylic consolidant useful for preserving ivory, bone and antler artifacts.) I’m not sure of this artifact’s function, but it reminds me of a butter knife. We found it on the house floor in an area where we also recovered a lot of sewing needles. Any ideas on how it may have been used?
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How about a gut scraper? Also you would expect to find a gut scraper with needles.
Patrick
A gut scraper makes a lot of sense, since this tool is dull, but other wise looks utilized. Debbie Corbett pointed out in an email that it looks a little like story knives found among the Yupik.