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Scraper. Chinese

Title:

Scraper

Ethnic groups:

Chinese

Territory:

river Armu, Ussuri Krai, Primorsky Oblast

Date:

late 19th - early 20th century

Collectors:

Museum of the Peoples of the USSR

Material:

Metal: iron; wood; leather

Dimensions:

length 4.0; width 2.0; length of handle 28.0

Number:

РЭМ 8761-11105

Annotation:

A metal nose piece in the form of half-round plate with a sharp edge. The nose piece is inserted in the split of a short wooden handle and fixed with a narrow hide rope. It was used in skin processing, cleaning it free of hair. The Chinese adopted the scraper’s shape from local peoples.

Albums:
“... You can rely on me”: Vladimir Arseniev’s collections in the Russian Museum of Ethnography
Rus:
Скребок. Китайцы